Manchester incumbent Mayor Robert Hudak has lost his re-election bid in tonight’s runoff election, losing to challenger Robert Arace.
With all 40 districts reporting, Arace had 5,205 to Hudak’s 4,843.
The race went to a runoff after neither candidate received over 50% of the vote in the November 8th election.
In Manchester Township, to win local races, a candidate must receive 50% of the vote plus one.
In the November 8th election, Hudak received 7,778 votes, or 44%, while Arace received 5,455, or 25%.
In the race for the two council seats, the two candidates running with Arace, Joseph Hankins and Roxanne Conniff, defeated Council President Joan Brush and her running mate, Timothy Poss.
This is a big win for George Gillmore
Welcome home George Gillmore, Toms River is next!
The notorious OCC (Ocean County Criminal) George Gilmore wins again.