New Jersey mayor who charged at resident during council meeting concedes election loss

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The Republican New Jersey mayor who was physically restrained while charging toward a resident during a Pemberton Township council meeting last month has conceded the mayoral race to his Democratic opponent. Mayor Matthew Bianchini congratulated Belinda Fontanez in a Facebook post Wednesday. "The voters of Pemberton Township have spoken, and the results are clear. I offer Belinda Fontanez my sincere congratulations on her victory. As she prepares to take on the responsibility of leading our community, she has my full support for a smooth transition," Bianchini wrote. "I care deeply about the future of this township , and its success matters far more than any single election," he added. Bianchini was decisively defeated, earning just over 30% of the vote, according to unofficial results . 'I BASICALLY SNAPPED': NEW JERSEY MAYOR CHARGES AT RESIDENT DURING CHAOTIC COUNCIL MEETING Bianchini, who was tapped to serve as mayor following the resignation of his predecessor, will remain in the role until the end of this year. Video footage from an October Pemberton Township council meeting captured the mayor being restrained as he sought to advance toward resident Michael Sawka after Sawka appeared to give the middle-finger gesture at the mayor. "I am f---in' gettin' you!" Bianchini can be heard declaring as another individual intervening in the tense situation pushed the mayor back. "I should not have said that," Bianchini told WPVI , adding that it "was wrong" and that he is "not gonna get anybody." NEW JERSEY PRE-K AIDE FACES 61 CHARGES, ACCUSED OF FILMING HIMSELF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING STUDENTS AT SCHOOL "I will not apologize for my actions last night. If you attack my family, as that resident did last night, I will act," the mayor wrote on Facebook, according to the New York Post . The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the mayor's wife, who was in the audience during the meeting, noted in a Facebook comment…