Hopewell Township faced an unusual situation on the November ballot, where no candidate had officially filed to run for the one-year unexpired term currently held by Sarah Tracy.
Tracy took over the seat previously held by Lydia Liu in the summer after Liu resigned. Although Tracy had served on the board before, she chose not to run to complete the final year remaining on Liu’s term. However, no one else put forth their name either.
Several residents stepped up with write-in campaigns in the months prior to the election, including Amanda Stylianou, Theresa “Tracy” Vogler and Nick Perold. And once all the votes had been counted, it was Stylianou, with 213 votes, who was elected to complete the term currently occupied by Tracy.
Vogler received the second most write-in votes, with 106.
“Thank you, Hopewell Township, for your trust and report!” Stylianou posted to Facebook on Nov. 22. “I’m honored to serve on the board of education and look forward to working together to support our students and schools.”
Running unopposed for full three-year terms and also elected were incumbents Jacqueline Genovesi and Dhruv Kapadia in the township and Alex Reznik in Pennington Borough. John Slotman, who was appointed in 2024 to fill the seat of Andrea Driver, was elected to complete the two years remaining on his term. Driver was elected in 2023, but never took office, citing personal issues.
