Election

Incumbent Class of 2012 social chair candidate Aparajita Das has been disqualified from the race due to a lack of communication about changes to USG election rules, sparking backlash from several current officers.

Largely as a result of the three-candidate race, Borough Councilman David Goldfarb, who has served as a Borough councilman for 20 years and also represents the Borough on the Borough-Township Joint Consolidation/Shared Services Study Commission, fell short of receiving the Princeton Democratic Community Organization’s official nomination for the June Democratic primary for Borough mayor.

Moving beyond turnout, the underlying problem that must be addressed is disenchantment with electoral politics.

The number of Princetonians in Congress will increase by one following an election in which Republicans pummeled Democratic incumbents across the country, taking control of the House of Representatives. But the Republican tidal wave was not enough to sweep high-profile alumni to victory in several major races.

Winners: Rep. John Sarbanes ’84, D-Md.; Rep. Jared Polis ’96, D-Colo.; Rep. Leonard Lance GS ’82, R-N.J.; Terri Sewell ’86, D-Ala.; and Nan Hayworth ’81, R-N.Y.

Losers: Meg Whitman ’77, R-Calif.; Robert Ehrlich ’79, R-Md.; Kenneth Buck ’81, R-Colo.; Rep. Jim Marshall ’72, D-Ga.; Randy Altschuler ’93, R-N.Y.; Ravi Sangisetty ’03, D-La.; and Timothy vanBlommesteyn ’75, I-N.H.