A voter arrives at the third- and seventh-district polling station on Broad Street in Red Bank Tuesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi)
Voters rejected school budgets for the Red Bank Regional, Little Silver and Middletown school districts Tuesday, but approved the Red Bank local district spending plan by a 10-vote margin, according to unofficial data from Monmouth County election officials.
The budget for the two-school Red Bank local district pulled in 411 votes in favor and 401 votes against, figures indicate.
Fewer than 30 percent of Monmouth County districts saw their budget questions approved, the lowest in at least a decade, the Asbury Park Press reports, citing unofficial results.
Here are the tallies for area districts. In all cases, the “question” refers to the issue of whether to approve the proposed spending plan.
| Fair Haven Board of Education |
| 6/6 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1154 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Claudia BRASCH | 818 | 32.67% |
| – Jeffrey SPECTOR | 795 | 31.75% |
| – Nancy WALRATH | 831 | 33.19% |
| Write-In | 60 | 2.40% |
| Total | 2,504 | 100.00% |
| Fair Haven Borough Question |
| 6/6 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 5 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 676 | 55.59% |
| – No | 540 | 44.41% |
| Total | 1,216 | 100.00% |
| Little Silver Board of Education (Full) |
| 7/7 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 827 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Andrew T. WALSH | 734 | 34.64% |
| – Kathleen O’BRIEN-DRISCOLL | 707 | 33.36% |
| – Jennifer PARDEE | 658 | 31.05% |
| Write-In | 20 | 0.94% |
| Total | 2,119 | 100.00% |
| Little Silver Board of Education (1yr Unexp) |
| 7/7 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 563 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Andrew LLOYD | 884 | 97.25% |
| Write-In | 25 | 2.75% |
| Total | 909 | 100.00% |
| Little Silver Borough Question |
| 7/7 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 14 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 622 | 42.52% |
| – No | 841 | 57.48% |
| Total | 1,463 | 100.00% |
| Middletown Board of Education |
| 46/46 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 9513 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Vincent BRAND | 4,805 | 16.74% |
| – Patricia WALSH | 3,377 | 11.77% |
| – Gerald WEXELBERG | 3,308 | 11.53% |
| – Chris AVETA | 4,383 | 15.27% |
| – Leonora CAMINITI | 3,734 | 13.01% |
| – Dawn DIORIO | 4,115 | 14.34% |
| – Michael MASCONE | 4,795 | 16.71% |
| Write-In | 185 | 0.64% |
| Total | 28,702 | 100.00% |
| Middletown Twp Question |
| 46/46 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 94 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 5,361 | 42.36% |
| – No | 7,296 | 57.64% |
| Total | 12,657 | 100.00% |
| Monmouth Regional Board of Education (Tinton Falls) |
| 15/15 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 2110 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Thomas C. NEFF | 1,418 | 48.66% |
| – Anthony SCHAIBLE | 1,434 | 49.21% |
| Write-In | 62 | 2.13% |
| Total | 2,914 | 100.00% |
| Monmouth Regional Question |
| 20/20 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 82 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 1,830 | 49.26% |
| – No | 1,885 | 50.74% |
| Total | 3,715 | 100.00% |
| Red Bank Borough Board of Education |
| 9/9 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1873 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Benedict J. FOREST | 523 | 77.60% |
| Write-In | 151 | 22.40% |
| Total | 674 | 100.00% |
| Red Bank Borough Question |
| 9/9 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 41 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 411 | 50.62% |
| – No | 401 | 49.38% |
| Total | 812 | 100.00% |
| Red Bank Regional Board of Education (Red Bank) |
| 9/9 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 975 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Ann CIABATTONI | 504 | 31.94% |
| – Ronald S. HORTON | 512 | 32.45% |
| – Emily A. DOHERTY | 530 | 33.59% |
| Write-In | 32 | 2.03% |
| Total | 1,578 | 100.00% |
| Red Bank Regional Board of Education (Shrewsbury) |
| 3/3 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 237 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Randy Jay MENDELSON | 501 | 99.01% |
| Write-In | 5 | 0.99% |
| Total | 506 | 100.00% |
| Red Bank Regional Question |
| 19/19 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 49 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 1,418 | 46.83% |
| – No | 1,610 | 53.17% |
| Total | 3,028 | 100.00% |
| Rumson Board of Education |
| 2/2 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1067 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Michael SAPNAR | 811 | 27.52% |
| – Craig PINSLY | 715 | 24.26% |
| – Valerie FERRANTE | 637 | 21.62% |
| – Todd HAVARD | 759 | 25.76% |
| Write-In | 25 | 0.85% |
| Total | 2,947 | 100.00% |
| Rumson Borough Question |
| 2/2 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 5 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 806 | 56.48% |
| – No | 621 | 43.52% |
| Total | 1,427 | 100.00% |
| Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Board of Education (Fair Haven) |
| 6/6 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 365 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Michael GOIONE | 837 | 98.12% |
| Write-In | 16 | 1.88% |
| Total | 853 | 100.00% |
| Rumson-Fair Haven Reg Board of Education (Rumson) |
| 2/2 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 726 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Kaye FISKE | 955 | 49.30% |
| – Donald H. MAC NEAL | 958 | 49.46% |
| Write-In | 24 | 1.24% |
| Total | 1,937 | 100.00% |
| Rumson-Fair Haven Regional Question |
| 8/8 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 14 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 1,486 | 56.20% |
| – No | 1,158 | 43.80% |
| Total | 2,644 | 100.00% |
| Shore Regional Question |
| 15/15 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 24 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 1,456 | 44.50% |
| – No | 1,816 | 55.50% |
| Total | 3,272 | 100.00% |
| Shrewsbury Borough Board of Education |
| 3/3 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 752 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Kelly KACHINSKI | 487 | 32.91% |
| – Lisa BARNES | 501 | 33.85% |
| – Peter MEYER | 478 | 32.30% |
| Write-In | 14 | 0.95% |
| Total | 1,480 | 100.00% |
| Shrewsbury Borough Question |
| 3/3 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 5 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 386 | 52.02% |
| – No | 356 | 47.98% |
| Total | 742 | 100.00% |
| Tinton Falls Board of Education |
| 15/15 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 2640 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Sandra LOPEZ | 883 | 18.01% |
| – Susan E. FISHER | 1,205 | 24.57% |
| – William F. HOLOBOWSKI | 992 | 20.23% |
| – Joseph SETARO | 800 | 16.31% |
| – Kenneth HAGER | 974 | 19.86% |
| Write-In | 50 | 1.02% |
| Total | 4,904 | 100.00% |
| Tinton Falls Borough Question |
| 16/16 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 51 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| – Yes | 1,326 | 51.54% |
| – No | 1,247 | 48.46% |
| Total | 2,573 | 100.00% |
