Dems trailing in county races in Monmouth

With about 30 percent of the precincts reporting, GOP incumbent County Clerk Claire French has opened up a 59-41% lead over Amod Choudary. Kim Guadagno, Republican candidate for sheriff, has a 3 percentage-point lead over Belmar Police Chief Jack Hill Jr. and the two Republican freeholder candidates, Robert Clifton and Jeff Cantor have leads of less than 11/2 percentage points over Democrats Stephen Schueler and John D'Amico.