GOP challengers seek to unseat Matawan Dems MATAWAN - Four candidates will run for two open seats on the Borough Council in the November election. The two three-year-term seats up for election are currently held by Democratic Councilmen William Malley, of Broad Street, and Robert Bunyon, of Matawan Green Lane. The two incumbents will run for re-election as the Democratic Party's candidates, with their names filed April 7 at 4 p.m., Monmouth County's deadline for filing for candidacy. Matawan Republicans have nominated Tom Fitzsimmons, of Johnson Avenue, and Joseph Urbano, ofMatawan Green Lane. Bunyon, after losing the November election, was appointed lastDecember to fill the unexpired term of Councilwoman Meghan Mullaney, who resigned, citing a change in address to Aberdeen. Malley is currently finishing his first term as a councilman inMatawan. The Republicans are hoping to change the balance on the seven-member Borough Council,which currently has oneRepublican member, in addition to a Republicanmayor. According to the Monmouth County Clerk of Elections Office, independent candidates have until the day of the primary, June 3, at 4 p.m., to submit their names to the county.