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November 11, 2026

Voters choose in Northfield, Linwood and Somers Point

SOMERS POINT – Voters chose school board candidates in Somers Point, council and school board  members in Northfield and Linwood.

Somers Point

Nick Wagner, Kathleen Dolton and Judd Moore were elected to the Somers Point Board of Education, which had three seats open. Wagner collected 2,420 votes, Dolton 2,391 and Moore 2,255.

Maggie Nash won election to the city’s seat on the Mainland Regional High School Board of Education.

Northfield

A Democrat also may have made her way onto the dais in Northfield, where repeat candidate Joan Brennan was ahead of incumbent Republican Dave Notaro by just 16 votes in Ward I, 845 to 829.

Incumbent Tom Polistina ran unopposed.

Robby Javier Rodriguez and Stephen Funk won the city’s seats on the Mainland Regional High School Board of Education, beating out incumbent Kinjal “Ken” Patel. Rodriguez garnered the most votes with 1,495, followed by Funk with 1,410 and Patel with 1,304.

Christopher Kennedy was the only candidate for three seats on the Northfield Board of Education.

Linwood

Incumbent Republicans Eric Ford and Marc Carpenter won election to the Linwood City Council unopposed. Ford garnered 993 votes and Carpenter 992.

Erica Winters, Emily Ryan and Howard Enders won election to the Linwood Board of Education unopposed.

– By CRAIG D. SCHENCI/Sentinel staff

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