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Rocky Hill School Board Race, Teammate Ting Wang Appears to Have Won the 3rd Full
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By Barbara A. Preston | Posted November 7, 2024Montgomery-Rocky Hill Board of Education incumbents Maria Spina and Patrick Todd were decisively the high voters as of noon on November 7, with their teammate Ting Wang ahead of challenger John A. Sangiovanni III by a narrow 170 votes.Board Vice President Spina had Patrick Todd, Maria Spina, and Ting Wang, who ran together on a platform titled "Representing Our Community," were the high vote getters as of November 7 at noon.In is important to note that votes may still be trickling in. Vote counts in New Jersey are not official until November 25. Sangiovanni had secured Two social media sites had falsely declared that Sangiovanni had "won a seat" on the school board. In all fairness, election results have become difficult to follow during close elections.The Somerset County Clerk's office had listed Sangiovanni as ahead of Wang by 133 votes during the early morning hours on Wednesday, November 6 — with the disclaimer that votes did not represent the final election outcome, and that results would be added as they became available. Later that day, Wang had pulled ahead of Sangiovanni by 170 votes.John Sangiovanni III had an early lead in the school board race, but fell behind Ting Wang as of late Wednesday. Votes are still being counted in the Montgomery Township/Rocky Hill general election, so Sangiovanni is still a contender.Sangiovanni was the high vote getter in the Blue Spring Road area (District 1) and southern tip of Pike Run (District 10) in Montgomery Township.Jaideep Karan Mathur, a first-time candidate for the Montgomery-Rocky Hill school board, was in last place as of November 7, with a respectable 3,629 votes. He ran for a three-year seat in a competitive race on a platform with a candidate who was running un-opposed for a two-year seat (Vanita R. Nargund). Vanita R. Nargund secured her two-year seat on the school board. Since no other candidates filed to run for the two-year term, she naturally won and earned all 6,257 votes. This included 98% of the Rocky Hill and Montgomery Township vote. The other 2% were write-in votes.Board President Todd told The Montgomery News today that, "The voters have determined that Maria, Ting, and I are the right choices to represent the diverse voices in this community. Although all of the votes have not yet been counted, we are confident that we will prevail."
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