<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2tXMea_1H4OrI1F00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2tXMea_1H4OrI1F00" width="1040" height="775" ><figcaption>Ramsey Mayor-elect Angelo LaManna, Jr., center, with Councilwoman-elect Jennifer Crandall and Councilman-elect Robert Barry. (Photo: LaManna-Crandall-Barry 2026).</figcaption></figure>Democrat Angelo LaManna Jr. has unseated Republican Ramsey Mayor Deirdre Dillon by just 20 votes, according to updated unofficial election results released Friday, with no additional ballots left to count.LaManna received 3,306 votes to Dillon’s 3,284, a margin of 50.12% to 49.79%. Six write-in candidates received one vote each.The outcome ends Dillon’s 12-year tenure as mayor of the Bergen County borough, where she has served since 2015. She previously spent eight years on the Borough Council, beginning in 2007.It is unclear whether Dillon will seek a recount. The results remain unofficial until the Bergen County Board of Elections certifies them.LaManna, a retired Ramsey police sergeant who served nearly 30 years with the department, led Dillon by just two votes on Election Night, 3,247 to 3,245. His lead later grew to seven votes before counting additional mail-in and provisional ballots expanded his margin to 20.The Bergen County Board of Elections reported Friday that all 45 provisional ballots received in Ramsey had been counted, with no additional mail-in ballots awaiting processing. A report filed with the New Jersey Divsision of Elections does not show any votes left to be counted.LaManna’s victory completes a Democratic sweep in Ramsey, where Jennifer Crandall and Robert Barry won both Borough Council seats, defeating Republican Councilwoman Judith Cusick and Jacob Englishman.The Democratic council victories broke the Republicans’ monopoly on the six-member governing body. With LaManna’s election, Democrats will control the mayor’s office and hold two council seats beginning in January.Ramsey has been one of Bergen County’s most competitive municipalities in recent elections. Donald Trump carried the borough by less than one percentage point in 2024, while Democrat Mikie Sherrill won it by a similarly narrow margin in the 2025 gubernatorial election.Dillon was seeking another four-year term after winning the mayoralty in 2014. Her defeat ends a 20-year run in elected municipal office.</div></body>

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Democrat Angelo LaManna Jr. has unseated Republican Ramsey Mayor Deirdre Dillon by just 20 votes, according to updated unofficial election results released Friday, with no additional ballots left to count. LaManna received 3,306 votes to Dillon’s 3,284, a margin of 50.12% to 49.79%. Six write-in candidates received one vote each....

Democrat ousts Ramsey mayor by 20 votes

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Democrat Angelo LaManna Jr. has unseated Republican Ramsey Mayor Deirdre Dillon by just 20 votes, according to updated unofficial election results released

Democrat ousts Ramsey mayor by 20 votes

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