Williams, Florio, Coughlan Lead Point Boro School Board Race

Point Pleasant NJ

03 November, 2021

1:22 PM

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POINT PLEASANT, NJ — Two current members of the Point Pleasant Borough Board of Education appear to have won re-election to the board. Unofficial results from the Ocean County Board of Elections have Lawrence Williams as the top vote-getter in the school board race, where three, three-year terms were up for election. John Florio has the second-highest total. The third-highest vote total went to Dawn Coughlan, who holds a 200-vote lead over Katharine Vaccarella, with William Munn Jr., who was seeking re-election. Get local news updates delivered to your inbox. Sign up for Patch alerts and daily newsletters here. In the Point Pleasant Borough Council race, incumbents Antoinette DePaola and William Borowsky appear to have won re-election, with vote totals that are double those received by their challengers, Democrats Wayne Martiak and Derek Reichenbecher. The vote tallies are unofficial until the election results are certified by the Ocean County Clerk. Here are the unofficial vote totals, as of 1 p.m. Wednesday: BOROUGH COUNCIL2 four-year terms Antoinette "Toni" DePaola (R) 5,438William Borowsky (R) 5,456Wayne Martiak (D) 2,213Derek Reichenbecher (D) 2,155 BOROUGH COUNCIL2-year unexpired term Valerie Coulson (unopposed) 5,963 BOARD OF EDUCATION3 three-year terms John Florio 2,505William M. Munn Jr. 2,046Lawrence Williams 2,728Christine Newitts 1,468Dawn Coughlan 2,307Emily Seim 2,009Katharine Vaccarella 2,120Peter Hetzel 864Kenneth Polakowski 749 Click here to get Patch email notifications, or download our app to have breaking news alerts sent right to your phone. Have a news tip? Email [email protected]