« Library's fate rests with town residents | Main | Voters Save Borough Library in New Jersey »

November 5, 2008

Jamesburg Results

Nov. 5, 2008

Jamesburg —Council President Otto Kostbar and Councilwoman Daria Ludas, both Democrats, outpolled their Republican challenger Brian Duke in the three-way race for two council seats.


Kostbar, 58, won 1,035; Ludas netted 1,004 votes; and Duke received 810 votes.

The public question on whether Jamesburg should entered into a shared services agreement with Monroe over the library was defeated 959 to 564.

Kostbar, 58, is an attorney who has served as the Council President for three terms.

Ludas, 59, was appointed to take over the unexpired term of former Councilman Thomas Bodall after he resigned in September. She is an elementary school teacher in Fords and is a former president of the Jamesburg Library Board of Trustees.

In the presidential race, Obama netted 1,087 votes to McCain's 847. Nader won 16.

Out of 3,075 registered voters in Jamesburg, 1,974 turned out for the election, or 64 percent.

Posted by tumulty at November 5, 2008 11:19 AM

Comments

Post a comment

Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)


Remember me?