3 Republicans Take Morris County Freeholder Seats

Incumbent Morris County Freeholders Doug Cabana and Tom Mastrangelo, along with their running mate, Roxbury Deputy Mayor Kathy DeFillippo, easily won election to the county governing body Tuesday over their Democratic challengers, unofficial results showed.

The results were not a surprise. It has been more than 30 years since Morris County elected a Democrat, according to the Star-Ledger, and one of the Democratic Board of Chosen Freeholders candidates, former Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello, told the newspaper he wasn't spending or raising money on his campaign, partly because it would be especially difficult to gain traction amid Gov. Chris Christie's popularity.

DeFillipo said in an interview she is thankful to her supporters and her running mates, and looks forward to serving at the county level.

"I have to say I'm delighted," DeFillippo said.

Republicans won across the board at the county level, and the GOP celebrated by watching Gov. Chris Christie's speech televised at the Famished Frog in Morristown.

Preliminary results showed the following vote counts in the Morris County Freeholder race:

DEM - Roger L. Holman 11,922 votes, 11.14%

DEM - Donald Cresitello 12,130 votes, 11.34%

DEM - Thomas J. Moran 12,049 votes, 11.26%

REP - Doug Cabana 23,765 votes, 22.21%

REP - Tom Mastrangelo 23,487 votes, 21.95%

REP - Kathy DeFillippo 23,622 votes, 22.08%

Write-In 26 0.02%

Total 107,001