

His key responsibility is to deliver projects on time, on schedule, and within budget. Professionally, Bhagia is the chief operating officer of Hotel Construction & Operations Management, where he oversees a multi-million dollar budget.

The profiles below are listed in alphabetical order, per position.

He has alluded to possibly running as an independent before the November election, but his name will not appear on the primary ballot. In addition, Democrat Arthur Esposito will have his name on the ballot for the mayor’s position.Ĭurrent Mayor Thomas Lankey is currently not running for re-election. The candidates running as the Democrats of Middlesex County are on a slate led by mayoral candidate Mahesh Bhagia.īhagia’s runningmates are Thomas McCann, Xiaohan “Shannon” Peng, and Sparshil Patel. The Edison Democrats recently changed its name to the Democrats of Middlesex County. In Edison, the off-column candidates were all endorsed by the Edison Democratic Organization (the municipal Democratic organization) that does not have the ballot placement authority. Those candidates running without the MCDO endorsement have their names appearing on the ballot in the “off-column” position and supposedly are at an electoral disadvantage, according to reports. Joshi’s runningmates are Margot Harris, Dr. One slate of candidates, led by Samip “Sam” Joshi, who is running for mayor of Edison, has been endorsed by the Middlesex County Democratic Organization (MCDO), the official Democratic organization in the county that determines name placement on the ballot.Īn MCDO endorsed candidate gets the “in column” ballot placement and is in the same column with the high visibility Democratic candidates, including Gov. The issue receiving attention is name placement on the ballot and how ballot placement might influence a voter’s choice. EDISON – In the upcoming Democratic Primary Election on June 8, the personalities, visions and qualifications of those running for the office of Edison Township Council have been dominated by the political tension between the two Democratic Party factions battling for control in the township.
