How did South Orange Vote Tuesday?

Chris Christie, the former U.S. Attorney who won the governor's race in 2009, easily won re-election Tuesday.

In what may be one of the least surprising election results in state history, Christie handily defeated his Democratic challenger, State Senator Barbara Buono, to win his second term at the helm of the Garden State.

Christie may have defeated Buono overall, but Buono won in Essex County by a landslide, numbers that are reflected by the voters of South Orange.

All numbers are unofficial results and do not reflect provisional or absentee ballots.

Buono garnered 3,110, or 69 percent of the vote in South Orange, while Christie received just 1,380, which is 31 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results from the South Orange Village Clerk's Office.

The remaining candidates only received a combined total of 55 votes, or .02 percent.

In South Orange, and Essex County overall, Democrat Richard Codey beat Republican Lee Holtzman by a wide margin. Democrats John McKeon and Mila Jasey easily beat out Republicans Angelo Tedesco and Laura Ali for the two available seats on the General Assembly.

Democrat Gerald Owens beat Republican David Pinckney by a landslide both in South Orange and the County overall for the Board of Chosen Freeholders.

A huge majority of South Orange voters also voted in favor of amending the Constitution to allow veterans’ organizations to use money collected from existing games of chance to support their organizations as well as raising the minimum wage.

The voter turnout in South Orange was 37 percent while the overall voter turnout in Essex County was 30 percent.

The unofficial results from the Township of South Orange Village are:

Governor

Buono 3,110

Christie 1,380

Kaplan 20

Sare 10

Araujo 4

Welzer 16

Shroeder 2

Boss 3

State Senate 27th Legislative District

Codey 3652

Holtzman 621

General Assembly 27th Legislative District

McKeon 3367

Jasey 3119

Tedesco 677

Ali 648

Board of Chosen Freeholders

Owens 2926

Pinckney 724

Public Questions

Question One

Yes 2472

No 707

Question Two

Yes 2765

No 631