Primary Preview: What’s in Store Tuesday

With the finish line a little more than 24 hours away, West Deptford Republicans will soon get their say in who represents the party on the November ballot.

It’s been a battle between two teams of candidates: Ray Chintall and Sam Cianfarini, who represent the Regular Organization Republicans, and the upstart Gloucester County Republican team of Loran Oglesby, the former local and county part chair, and newcomer Matt Mahon, both of whom have been endorsed by sitting committeeman Sean Kilpatrick.

The two teams have campaigned largely on similar issues–West Deptford’s debt and transparency in government among many–they’ve differed on how those issues should be handled, as well as campaign promises, such as slashing committee members’ pay–something Cianfarini and Chintall have committed to doing.

For a full overview of their candidacies, check out our profiles:

At the county level, the race is even more hotly contested: seven candidates–two full slates and one lone nominee–are vying for the November ballot. One slate–Christopher Cugini, Theresa Garvin-Keyser and Andrew Walter–is aligned with Oglesby and Mahon, while the other slate–Barbara Capelli, Penni Heritage and Mike Pantaleo–is grouped with Cianfarini and Chintall.

On his own as the lone seventh candidate is Ronald Brittin, who has run for the nomination for the last three years.

The races at the state level, for Senate and Assembly, are single-candidate contests, with Michael Mulligan going for the Senate nomination and Bob Villare and Domenick DiCicco, who was shifted into the Third District during redistricting this year, going for the two Assembly nominations.

Domenick DiCicco

Bob Villare

Christopher Cugini

Theresa Garvin-Keyser

Andrew Walter

Babara Capelli

Penni Heritage

Mike Pantaleo

Loran M. Oglesby

Matthew D. Mahon

Raymond Chintall

Samuel G. Cianfarini

West Deptford Republicans will also vote for their county committee representatives, one man and one woman, in each of the township’s 19 districts, though a handful of districts either have no nominations or just a single nominated candidate.

Male - Matthew D. Mahon

Female - Chrstina Mahon

Male - none

Female - Kathleen Cole

Male - none

Female - none

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Female - none

Male - Gerald Maher

Female - Grace Janson

Male - none

Female - none

Male - John C. Magee III

Female - none

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Female - none

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Female - none

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Samuel Cianfarini

Female - Cheryl Carroll

Male - none

Female - none

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Female - none

Male - Kenneth Hinkle

Female - Deborah Hinkle

Male - none

Female - none

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Female - none

Male - Sean Kilpatrick

Female - none

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Richard H. Geiger

Female - Margaret F. Geiger

Male - Clifford F. Priga

Female - Joann M. Priga

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Eugene L. Krawitz

Female - Lisa Krawitz

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Kenneth Vogt

Female - Janet Vogt

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Raymond J. Chintall

Female - Lori Ann Dobbins

Male - none

Female - Loran M. Oglesby

Male - Robert K. Matlosz

Female - None

Male - none

Female - Sylvia L. Gruber

Male - Howard G. Wagner Jr.

Female - Barbara Smith

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Stanley Lewis

Female - Elaine Lewis

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Robert Waller

Female - none

Male - none

Female - none

Male - Joseph Rando

Female - Patricia Davino

On the Democratic side, it’s a unified front: from the state Senate nomination down to West Deptford committee, there are no challengers on the ballot. Barring a massive write-in campaign, the candidates are a lock for November.

The state and county races are mostly incumbents, including state Senate president Stephen Sweeney and Assembly representatives John Burzichelli and Celeste Riley, as well as current freeholders Warren Wallace and Heather Simmons, while the township committee races features a pair of new faces in Denice DiCarlo and Hunter Kintzing running for the nomination for Democratic-held seats.

John J. Burzichelli

Celeste M. Riley

Warren S. Wallace

Heather Simmons

Lyman J. Barnes

Hunter Kintzing

Denice DiCarlo