Kevin McEvoy, Deborah Cornavaca and Edward Janzekovich are the three candidates. Watch video
EAST BRUNSWICK -- The local Democrats have put forward three candidates to serve as mayor for the rest of the year.
On Monday, the Republican-controlled council will pick either Kevin McEvoy, Deborah Cornavaca, or Edward Janzekovich to replace the outgoing mayor. David Stahl became a judge in Woodbridge.
David Stahl, the former mayor, is seen in a file photograph. Stahl became a judge in Woodbridge. Then, the race is on for another four-year term in November in this swing town.
McEvoy is a member of the school board. Cornavaca is the president of the library board of trustees. And Janzekovich is a retired police lieutenant and attorney.
East Brunswick Democrats got to pick an interim replacement for Stahl because although he switched to the Republican Party, he was first elected as a Democrat. But the Republican-majority council will pick one of the Democrats to serve out the rest of the year.
The town's business administrator, James White, is currently serving as acting mayor.
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Michael Hughes, the council president, said the local GOP hasn't yet settled on its own candidates for November.
"That's a discussion that our party is currently having," Hughes said. "I'm sure we're going to put forth the strongest slate possible."
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