NJ: Lisa Crate (D) elected mayor of Brick
Democrat Lisa Crate, a two-term councilwoman, and teacher’s union leader, was sworn in tonight as the mayor of Brick after the township council picked her to replace John Ducey.
Ducey resigned yesterday after more than nine years as mayor of the state’s 13th-largest municipality following his confirmation by the State Senate to serve as a Superior Court Judge.
Last night, Brick Democrats picked Crate and two others, John Curtis, a Brick Municipal Utilities Authority commissioner, and an IBEW member, and Eileen Della Volle, a Democratic state committeewoman from Ocean County, as their three candidates for interim mayor.
The council picked Crate, who will serve until the results of a November 2023 special election are certified. She is expected to become the Democratic candidate for mayor in that contest against Assemblyman John Catalano, a local businessman, and former councilman.
The winner of that race will serve the remaining 25 months of Ducey’s term.
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