Teen, Teacher and Incumbent Elected to Moorestown BOE

Voters elected an incumbent, a teacher and a recent high school graduate to the Moorestown Board of Education Tuesday.

Incumbent David Weinstein was selected for a second three-year term, earning the most votes with 3,922. Former college professor Sheryl Sawin came in second with 3,762, and 19-year-old Brandon Pugh landed in third with 3,420. There were three open seats on the board.

“I’m looking forward to, not to overuse an expression, getting down to business,” said Pugh, who monitored the results as they came in at town hall Tuesday night.

Some were skeptical of Pugh because of his age and seeming lack of experience, but he described his youth as an advantage.

“I really offer a new perspective,” he said. “Having someone who’s not too far removed adds a different dimension.”

Pugh was only separated from the fourth place vote-getter, Joseph Ruccolo, by 154 votes. However, Pugh said sources who were monitoring election results at the county level told him he’d received more absentee ballots than any other candidate and they would not change the election.

Patch was unable to reach out to the other school board candidates Tuesday night. Check back later today for an expanded story on the results of the race.

Here’s how Moorestown voted in the rest of the races*:

President
Barack Obama — 5,148 (50 percent)
Mitt Romney — 4,987 (49 percent)

U.S. Senate
Robert Menendez — 4,910 (50 percent)
Joe Kyrillos — 4,837 (49 percent)

U.S. House of Representatives
Shelley Adler — 4,131 (42 percent)
Jon Runyan — 5,644 (57 percent)

Burlington County Board of Freeholders
Aimee Belgard — 4,086 (22 percent)
Joanne Schwartz — 3,993 (22 percent)
Bruce Garganio — 5,175 (28 percent)
Mary Ann O’Brien — 5,167 (28 percent)

*Again, results are unofficial until all absentee and provisional ballots are counted.