Election results: Dead heat in Woodbury; Team Monroe blasts off into oblivion

Prepare for trouble, and make it double: The Woodbury mayoral race comes down to a coin flip; Joel Stern’s pal is re-elected to the Blooming Grove town board — and more.

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Pictured above: As a child of the ’90s, the concept of “Team Monroe” being like the criminal syndicate known as “Team Rocket” in the old Pokémon cartoon was too funny to pass up. From left to right, that’s Tony Cardone, Dorey Ghoul… sorry — Dorey Houle, Yvette Rosario and Steven Thau “blasting off” after seeing the 2025 election results.

Yesterday, Nov. 4, 2025, “Team Monroe” was defeated by Supervisor-elect Maureen Richardson and fellow Preserve Monroe candidates Beth Stephens, Luis Rivera and Audra Schwartz. Whether or not “Team Monroe” knew it was aping the name of two adored bisexual drag artists, and their Pokémon, is something only the person who came up with the Team Monroe name would know.

Maureen Richardson defeated Tony Cardone, 2,475 to 1,868 (55%–41%). I’m sure Jean Straus at The Photo‑News is already standing on a desk and loudly demanding they spin this by saying Maureen “narrowly” defeated their boy…