There were no local elections for City Council or mayor — that’s next year — but Rahway voters like the rest of the state still cast ballots in this year’s primary for governor and other state races on Tuesday.
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Election 2016: Rahway results
Although results nationwide were not yet decisive, Democrat Hillary Clinton easily and not surprisingly carried most of Rahway, losing only one voting district to Republican Donald Trump.
Steinman elected mayor
Samson Steinman won election to a full four-year term as mayor, capturing 63 percent of the vote in defeating Patrick Cassio, according to unofficial results released by the city clerk’s office.
Mayoral candidate: Patrick Cassio
Editor’s note: Election Day is Nov. 4. On the ballot in Rahway will be elections for mayor and three at-large City Council seats in addition to the remaining two years of an unexpired term for 6th Ward City Council. The three mayoral candidates were invited to present their platforms on redevelopment and will appear this week. Samson Steinman appeared on Monday and Renee Bridges Thrash appeared on Tuesday.
Mayoral candidate: Renee Bridges Thrash
Editor’s note: Election Day is Nov. 4. On the ballot in Rahway will be elections for mayor and three at-large City Council seats in addition to the remaining two years of an unexpired term for 6th Ward City Council. The three mayoral candidates were invited to present their platforms on redevelopment and will appear this week. Samson Steinman appeared yesterday.
Mayoral candidate: Samson Steinman
Editor’s note: Election Day is Nov. 4. On the ballot in Rahway will be elections for mayor and three at-large City Council seats in addition to the remaining two years of an unexpired term for 6th Ward City Council. The three mayoral candidates were invited to present their platforms on redevelopment and will appear this week.
An opportunity for mayoral candidates
Editor’s note: This was sent via email to all three Rahway mayoral candidates on Thursday night:
Amphitheater to be re-bid
A judge ruled this week that construction bids for the Hamilton Street amphitheater must be re-bid.
Redevelopment Director and City Administrator Peter Pelissier said there was some ambiguity about some portions of the lowest bid, which was rejected, and so the judge felt it should be re-bid.
Opening of new bids is scheduled for Dec. 15 and is scheduled to be awarded at the Dec. 22 Redevelopment Agency meeting.
Groundbreaking could occur as early as mid-January, according to City Engineer James Housten.
The Redevelopment Agency awarded a $4.95-million construction bid last month to Rahway-based Berto Construction, however, Kenilworth-based W.D. Snyder Company had the lowest base bid at $4.65 million but it was rejected as a “deficient bid proposal” for a “material breach.”
The facility originally was anticipated to open in May and be ready for use in July, said Pelissier, adding that the timeline could still be feasible.
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For those interested in a district-by-district breakdown of Tuesday’s election, here they are in a Google spreadsheet. Democrats carried about 60 percent of the vote in local races, with Rick Proctor carrying 16 of 24 districts for mayor against Pat Cassio, who carried the 3rd and 6th wards. Turnout was about 48 percent.