Republicans Win Red Bank in Photo Finish
Republican Mark Taylor is the top vote getter in the Red Bank Council race with 956 votes. Taylor’s running mate Michael Whelan is leading Incumbent Democrat Michael DuPont by 4 votes, 896 -865. Democrat Michael Ballard, a member of the Red Bank Board of Education got 837 votes.
There are reportedly a “hand full” of provisional ballots.
Should tonight’s result stand, the GOP will take control of Red Bank’s municipal government for the first time in two decades.
The town finally had enough of the McKenna tax -and-spend machine: took much shoe leather and a quirky combo of differing personalities, but we pulled it off: the two young men conducted themselves with a maturity beyond their years, and yet an “old- fashioned” spirit of actual love for their town- rather than just the typical :”I’m a wonderful star” attitude we have gotten from too many electeds over the past few years, restoring some sanity and confidence for the future, which the town badly needs. Best of luck, Mark and Mike, Cindy and Linda, the “new majority!”