Close Election in Lakewood

Both Democratic commitee men remain in office. Below are the numbers for the election for Lakewood Township Committee.
DEM - Raymond G. Coles
7,941
28.17%
DEM - Charles Cunliffe
7,589
26.92%
REP - Steven Langert
6,529
23.16%
REP - Sean D. Gertner
6,095
21.62%
Write-In
33
0.12%

Total
28,187

These numbers indicate that the Vaad's power has greatly diminished. Although the candidate they endorsed won, it was not by very a large margin. Steven Langert lost by a mere 1,060 votes.