Former Maplewood Mayor Deb Engel is one of the top 4 finishers in the Democratic primary for four At Large seats on the Essex County Commission.
With 96.87% of the vote counted, Engel is in third place with 31,211 votes, behind Christine McGrath with 38,543 votes and Adur R. Yasin with 32,657 votes.
The only incumbent running, Wayne Richardson, is in fourth place with 30,549 votes.
Engel, who ran with Essex Reform Democrats, was considered something of a longshot, running against the Essex County Democratic Committee-endorsed slate of McGrath, Yasin, Shawn Klein and Richardson. But endorsements from Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum boosted her campaign, along with a coalition of county-wide endorsements.
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