(AP) - Thomas Lankey has been re-elected mayor of Edison.

The Democrat won his second term Tuesday by defeating Keith Hahn, the town's former Democratic Chairman who ran as a Republican in the mayoral race.

Hahn, an Edison police officer, was ousted from the Democratic leadership post after a dispute with a Township Committee member. 

Democrats have held the mayor's office in Edison for decades.

The election cycle in Edison became heated in the closing days when racist campaign mailers attacking two Asian school board candidates began circulating through the town, demanding to "Make Edison Great Again."

Edison has a large Asian-American community, many of them Chinese and Indian immigrants. More than 45 percent of Edison Township was born abroad, and about a quarter of the township was born in India.