Republicans chose Pedro "Peter" Pisar to run against incumbent Sheriff Mildred Scott, a Democrat, in November.
Pedro Pisar, right, defeated David Pawski, left, for the Republican nomination for Middlesex County Sheriff. NEW BRUNSWICK -- There was only one contest among the four county-wide races in Middlesex County Tuesday -- three freeholders and the sheriff -- and that was for the Republican nomination for sheriff.
Retired sheriff's officer Pedro "Peter" Pisar, 61, of South Amboy, who has the support of the Middlesex County Republican Organization, handily defeated David Pawski, 32, of Sayreville, a current sheriff's officer, for the right to compete against incumbent Democrat Mildred Scott. According to the unofficial results, Pisar had 16,272 votes and Pawski had 3,480 votes Tuesday night.
Scott, who is seeking her third three-year term, ran unopposed in the primary and garnered 56,957 votes.
There were no races in the primary races for either party for the three freeholder seats, all three-year terms.
Incumbent Democrats Kenneth Armwood, Charles Kenny and Blanquita Valenti ran unopposed as did their Republican challengers in November, Kathleen Calabrese, Zhiyu Hu, and Joseph Scillieri.
Armwood had 52,766 votes, Kenny, 52,690 votes, and Valenti 54, 295 votes. Calabrese had 18,092 votes, Hu had 16,978 votes and Scillieri had 18,392 votes.
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