Eatontown Mayor Election 2026: Talerico Vs. Escalante [Live Results]

EATONTOWN, NJ — Polls are now closed in the 2026 midterm elections.

From the Monmouth County Clerk, are unofficial vote tallies as they come in Tuesday night, 0/9 precincts in, 1,322 votes cast as of 8:54 p.m.:

Anthony Talerico: 916 votes, 69 percent of the vote count

Maria Escalante: 405 votes, 30 percent of the vote count

For the town council, voters were asked to choose two, and here are the unofficial vote counts as they come in Tuesday night:

Councilwoman Candace Faust (D): 871 votes

Councilwoman Danielle Jones (D): 888 votes

Kevin Gonzalez (been on the town Council before) (R): 426 votes

Ali Mehdaoui (R): 417 votes

Eatontown Mayor Anthony Talerico, a Democrat, asked voters to re-elect him to a third term as the town's mayor. He was challenged by Councilwoman Maria Grazia Escalante, Republican, in her first attempt to become Eatontown's mayor.

Talerico ran on his record as the town's current mayor, where he touted his availability to residents to address their problems, and his negotiations with Netflix that secured a $47 million payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) to the town.

Escalante was a vocal challenger this year. She challenged Talerico on what she said was his lack of transparency in negotiating with Netflix, and she is also critical of his proposal to build a new Eatontown town hall.