The elections for 2024 have wrapped up after months of campaigning and the votes are in the process of certification.

While the entirety of the country voted on who would become the next president, with former President Donald Trump ultimately taking the victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, a number of other positions at the state and local level were up for grabs in Glassboro this year.

On the state level, the open Senate seat left by current Democratic Senator Bob Menendez was taken by Democrat Andy Kim, who won out over Republican Curtis Bashaw. 

With this win, Kim will become the first Korean-American senator from any state in the nation. Kim got 53.4% of the overall vote, with Bashaw getting 44.2% of the vote. Kim also got a majority of the votes in Gloucester County, but the lead was slimmer, with 50.17% of votes going to Kim and 48.46% going to Bashaw.

Glassboro falls into New Jersey’s 1st Congressional District, the seat for which was also up for reelection this year. Democrat and incumbent candidate Donald Norcross beat out opponent Teddy Liddell with 56.7% of the vote compared to Liddell’s 40.2% of the vote. This will be Norcross’s sixth term in the position. In Gloucester County, Norcross received 50.19% of the county votes, with 48.47% going to Liddell. 

One of the county-wide elections that was not open to the rest of the state was for the role of sheriff. Currently held by Republican Jonathan Sammons, he lost his reelection bid to Democrat Carmel Morina. Morina received 79,465 votes for a total of 50.13% of the county votes, while Sammons received 78,895 votes or 49.77% of the votes cast for the role in the county.

Two county commissioner seats were up for grabs this election cycle. Incumbent Republicans Nicholas DeSilvio and Christopher Konawel won over Democratic challengers Tom Bianco and Don Heverly. DeSilvio received 80,573 votes, Konawel received 78,375 votes, Bianco got 77,934 votes and Heverly was voted for by 77,419 voters.

For local elections for Glassboro specifically, Democrat incumbents Anna Miller and Andrew Halter received 4,652 votes and 4,597 votes respectively, beating out Republican candidates Danielle Mazza-DiVenti and Michael Oscar, who got 3,199 votes and 3,046 votes respectively.

For Glassboro’s school board, three seats were up for election this cycle, with eight candidates to choose from. Ryan C Hughes got 2,503 votes, Lori Dempster received 2,360 votes and Natasha Briggs earned 2,329 votes, being the three candidates who earned the largest number of votes. 

The five other candidates who did not receive the top three most votes were Andy Savicky, who got 2,178 votes; Antoine Sabb with 1,980 votes; Kathleen Frangos received 1,336 votes; Mary Cedrone got 1,284 votes; and Stephen Kudless earned 1,265 votes. 

Glassboro was also faced with two ballot questions this year. Neither referendum is binding, but they are meant to give local officials a sense of what the local residents want. 

The first question asked if voters support or oppose the proposed Route 322 Bypass plans and its changes to traffic patterns throughout Glassboro, specifically around areas that cut through Rowan’s campus. The “Yes” option in support of the plan received 3,679 votes, while the “No” option got 3,917 votes. 

The second question asked voters to consider if they supported or opposed the proposed construction of a Glassboro Line light rail transit system. The “Yes” vote received 4,118 votes and the “No” option got 3,500 votes in total. 

Gloucester County saw 166,286 of the total 225,029 registered voters turn out to vote this year, meaning 73.9% of registered voters turned out for this election.

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