How did Maplewood Vote Tuesday?

Chris Christie, the former U.S. Attorney who won the governor's race in 2009, easily won re-election Tuesday.

In what may be one of the least surprising election results in state history, Christie handily defeated his Democratic challenger, State Senator Barbara Buono, to win his second term at the helm of the Garden State.

Christie may have defeated Buono overall, but Buono won in Essex County by a landslide, numbers that are reflected by the voters of Maplewood.

All numbers are unofficial results from the Essex County Clerk's website and Maplewood Clerk's Office.

Buono garnered 4,574, or 69 percent of the vote in Maplewood, while Christie received just 1,936, which is 29 percent of the vote.

The remaining candidates only received a combined total of 94 votes, or .01 percent.

Maplewood Incumbent Committeemen Marlon K. Brownlee won the local election with 4,630 votes (79%). Challenger Art Gartenlaub garnered 1,084 (19%) and Kurt Kiley received 476 (1%).

In Maplewood, and Essex County overall, Democrat Richard Codey beat Republican Lee Holtzman by a wide margin. Democrats John McKeon and Mila Jasey easily beat out Republicans Angelo Tedesco and Laura Ali for the two available seats on the General Assembly.

Democrat Gerald Owens beat Republican David Pinckney by a landslide both in Maplewood and the County overall for the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

A huge majority of Maplewood voters also voted in favor of amending the Constitution to allow veterans’ organizations to use money collected from existing games of chance to support their organizations as well as raising the minimum wage.

The voter turnout in Maplewood was 38 percent while the overall voter turnout in Essex County was 30 percent.

The unofficial results from the Township of Maplewood are:

Governor

Buono 4,574

Christie 1,936

Kaplan 28

Sare 11

Araujo 6

Welzer 39

Shroeder 4

Boss 6

State Senate 27th Legislative District

Codey 5,061

Holtzman 946

General Assembly 27th Legislative District

McKeon 4774

Jasey 4819

Tedesco 1012

Ali 957

Board of Chosen Freeholders

Owens 4,424

Pinckney 1,094

Maplewood Township Committee

Brownlee 4,394

Gartenlaub 1,019

Kiley 455

Mail-in Ballots

Brownlee 236

Gartenlaub 65

Kiley 21

Public Questions

Question One

Yes 3,692

No 941

Question Two

Yes 3,837

No 998