OLD BRIDGE – On the second and final ballot tonight, Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli defeated LG Kim Guadagno for a majority of support ffrom the executive committee of the Middlesex County Republican Organization, but failed to secure a two thirds majority to land the committee’s backing.

The final tally was Ciattarelli 36 and Guadagno 22, or 62% of the vote. The assemblyman needed 66% to get the screening committee’s support.

The committee will submit both names to the committee as a whole ahead of the March 25th convention.