Bergen County's only May municipal election has no challengers

Marsha A. Stoltz, NorthJersey.com
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LODI — The only new face on the borough's May 9 uncontested council ballot will be former Councilman Bruce Masopust, who also served as mayor and borough manager.

Masopust is the only change in the borough's 2019 Lodi Pride ticket. He replaces Councilman Albert DiChiara, who is not seeking a new term. Mayor Scott Luna, Deputy Mayor Vincent Martin, and Councilmen Emil Carafa Jr. and Joseph Leto IV are running together seeking new four-year terms with Masopust for five open seats.

They were the only candidates to file by the borough's March 6 deadline. It is the only May municipal election in Bergen County this year. The race is nonpartisan.

Former Lodi councilman, mayor and borough manager Bruce Masopust returns as a member of the uncontested Lodi Pride ballot in the borough's May 9 council election.
Former Lodi councilman, mayor and borough manager Bruce Masopust returns as a member of the uncontested Lodi Pride ballot in the borough's May 9 council election.

The Lodi Pride ballot bested a challenge in the 2019 election from the Citizens Against Corruption ticket, which included Garfield Public Works Superintendent Sam Garofalo, George Panagiotou, Joseph Agosta, Amelia Abrams and Rosa Antao-Oliveira. No contested ballot was filed this year.

The election is for all five four-year Borough Council terms. The mayor and deputy mayor are appointed each year by the council for one-year terms beginning July 1.

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Masopust, a lifelong resident, previously served 17 years on the council: 1986 to 1995 and 2007 to 2015. He was mayor from 2009 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012. He served as borough manager in 2016 but left the post after a year to become a supreme councilman of Moose International.

He continues to serve as chairman of the board for Moose International. His father was a founding member of Lodi's Moose Lodge No. 1971 in 1960. His mother founded its women's branch, Women of the Moose, in 1964.

Election hours are from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information on polling places, contact Rebecca Paladino, Borough Clerk/Municipal Registrar, at rpaladino@lodi-nj.org.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Bergen County's only May municipal election is uncontested