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[email protected] SEVENTY FIVE CENTS U.S. Senate, House, Sheriff, CF, GW Races On Ballot Tuesday By PAUL J. PEYTON Mayor Pat Quattrocchi in the June the campaign. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader Primary, will face former 21-year Six candidates are battling for three REGION – Voters will go to the Democratic Councilman Charles seats on the Scotch Plains Township polls on Tuesday to make their choices Lombardo, who is employed by the Council, where Republicans hold a for United States Senate, Congress, County of Union, in the mayor’s race. 3-to-2 edge. A potential merger of Union County Sheriff and Board of In the race for three seats on the the Scotch Plains and Fanwood po- Chosen Freeholders as well as a borough Council, incumbent Demo- lice departments, and battles over the mayor’s race in Garwood and town crats Sara Todisco and Lou Petruzzelli capital budget, which failed to get the council races in Cranford, Garwood face a challenge from Republicans necessary four votes for passage on and Scotch Plains. There are no com- Tina Simitz, vice-president of a mar- two occasions, are among the issues petitive elections in Fanwood and keting agency in Morristown, and in the race. Incumbent Republicans Mountainside and there is not any Carol Kearney, owner of a local travel William Vastine, Michael Marcus, municipal election in Westfield this agency who ran for council in 2011.