Caliguire Wins Bergen Executive GOP Race: Primary Election 2022

Paramus NJ

07 June, 2022

8:43 PM

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BERGEN COUNTY, NJ —Todd Caliguire beat Linda T. Barba in the Republican primary for Bergen County executive, according to unofficial results from the Bergen County Board of Elections. Caliguire and a slate of other candidates endorsed by the Bergen County Republican Organization won over another group of Republicans looking to win their party's nod. With 100 percent of precincts reporting: Bergen County Executive Todd Calguire (R) - 14,092 votes (58.99 percent)Linda T. Barba (R)- 9.785 (40.96 percent) Board of County Commissioners Thomas J. Sullivan (D) - 12,872 votes (34 percent)Germaine M. Ortiz (D) - 12,685 (32.4 percent)Mary Amoroso (D) - 12,266 (33.5 percent)Douglas Holden (R) - 14,197 (20.46 percent)Ronald Joseph Lin (R) - 13,697 (19.74 percent)Dierdre G. Paul (R) - 10,858 (20.21 percent)Paul A. Duggan (R) - 9,777 (14.09 percent)Angelique R. Hakim (R) - 8.533 (12.29 percent)Mary J. Guinchard (R) - 8,971 (12.93 percent) Calguire, of Midland Park, and Barba, of Fort Lee, ran for the spot opposite against James Tedesco III, a Democrat. Tedesco, a Paramus resident, is in his second four-year term as executive. Six Republicans have also submitted paperwork to take one of the Board of County Commissioners seats currently occupied by a Democrat. On the board of commissioners, three seats are open. Three Democratic incumbents, Thomas J. Sullivan of Montvale, Germaine M. Ortiz of Emerson, and Mary Amoroso of Mahwah, are running for those seats. The six Republicans on the ballot are Douglas Holden of Saddle River, Ronald Joseph Lin of Franklin Lakes, Dierdre G. Paul of Englewood, Paul A. Duggan of Bogota, Angelique R. Hakim of Dumont, and Mary J. Guinchard of Ridgewood. Barba, Duggan, Hakim, and Guinchard are in Column 1 on the ballot along with Frank T. Pallotta, who is running for the 5th Congressional District. Column 1 is under the "Bergen County Republicans" heading. Caliguire, Holden, Lin, Paul, and NJ-5 candidate Nick De Gregorio are in Column 2 under the "Republicans for Responsible Government" heading, which is endorsed by the Bergen County Republican Organization. Election officials are still processing mail-in ballots and provisional ballots. These votes have not been added to the election results website yet. According to the Bergen County Clerk's office, there were 50,394 ballots cast Tuesday and in early voting. There are 657,359 registered voters in Bergen County.