6-5-19 in New Jersey

We had party primaries in New Jersey yesterday for state assembly, sheriff and mayor.

This included the GOP primary for our own mayoral election.

There was plenty of electioneering in Bridgewater with weekly and then daily campaign flyers coming in the mail. We received personal, hand signed letters of endorsement from prominent private citizens, retired army colonels and the like.

We've met both candidates.

We voted for incumbent Dan Hayes, mostly becuase we couldn't think of a reason not to vote for him. Challenger Mathew Moench won:

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Council president Matthew Moench took the win in the Republican primary election for mayor Tuesday, defeating incumbent Mayor Dan Hayes to run for the position in November's general election, according to the unofficial results from Bridgewater Township.

Moench received a total of 2,761 votes, to Hayes's 1,600.

This blog congratulates Mathew Moench and wishes him luck in the general election.

Bridgewater will remain is a quiet little suburban town.