November 4, 2015

Howard and Liverman Win Council Re-Election

Heather Howard and Lance Liverman, both Democrats, were re-elected to Princeton Council in the general election on Tuesday. Ms. Howard received 2665 votes, while Mr. Liverman earned 2517. These are unofficial results.

Contesting them were Republicans Kelly Di Tosto, who got 1067 votes, and Lynn Lu Irving, who earned 968. Both Ms. Di Tosto and Ms. Irving were new to the local political scene. Mr. Liverman served on Township Committee and Ms. Howard on Borough Council prior to consolidation in 2013, when both became members of the merged Princeton Council.

A native of Princeton, Mr. Liverman is a property manager. He described himself as often a voice of mediation during Council discussions. Ms. Howard is a health policy expert who works at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. She has focused on public safety, health and immigration issues during her term on Council.

Elected to School Board for Princeton Public Schools were Elizabeth “Betsy” A. Kalber Baglio, Patrick Sullivan, and Dafna Kendal, who earned 2086, 2010 and 1771 votes respectively. Vying unsuccessfully for a School Board seat was Robert Dodge, who received 1528 votes.

While the final numbers for the Mercer County Freeholder race were not in at press time, Ann M. Cannon had received 2792 votes at that point from Princeton, while Pasquale “Pat” Colavita, Jr. had 2730, Samuel T. Frisby, Sr. 2707, Ira Marks 890, Anthony “Tony” Davis 866 and Jason Lee DeFrancesco 836.

Princeton residents cast 3085 votes in favor of Democrat Andrew Zwicker and 2949 for Maureen Vella for General Assembly. Incumbents Jack M. Ciattarelli and Donna K. Simon, both Republicans, got 815 and 818 respectively, from Princeton voters.

Brian M. Hughes, current Mercer County executive, earned 2828 votes for re-election from Princeton voters, while Republican Lisa Richford received 833. In the race for County Clerk, Paula Sollami Covello, the current clerk, earned 2661 votes, while Republican Susan Bagley got 848.