With all precincts reporting, Carolyn Cavecche, with 64.2 percent, has won the race for Orange mayor, with challenger Jon Dumitru receiving 35.8 percent of the vote. As of Thursday morning, some absentee ballots were outstanding.

Cavecche was running for re-election, and challenger Dumitru hoped to unseat her.

— ADAM ELMAHREK

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