What's the Biggest Issue as Election Day Nears?

Election Day is a few weeks away here in Parsippany – who will you be voting for?

What do you think the election will bring? New faces or the same party in power?

For the school board, there are ten candidates with eight candidates running for three seats with 3-year terms and two are running for an unexpired 2-year term available on the board.

Three-year term:

• Joseph Cistaro
• George Blair
• Fran Orthwein
• Denis Kadian
• Alison Cogan
• Tracy Meunier
• Timothy Berrios
• Jonathan Hemenway

Two-year term:

• Frank Neglia
• Anthony T Deintinis

For township council, there are seven candidates running: Two for the 4-year mayoral seat and five are running for two council seats with 4-year terms. 

Mayor

• James R. Barberio (R) Incumbent
• Jonathan Nelson (D) Current Councilman

Township Council

• Robert J. Peluso (R)
• Louis A. Valori (R)
• Robert “Bob” Keller (D)
• Mihir Oza (D)
• Robert Crawford (I)

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