David Wildstein, Author at New Jersey Globe

Super PAC started for Fulop raising money in NJ House races

March 4, 2018 4:45 pmMarch 5, 2018 12:45 pm

A Super PAC originally formed in 2015 to help Steve Fulop become governor is now raising money to flip Republican congressional seats in New Jersey’s 7th and 11th districts. Coalition for Progress is hosting a $5,000-per-person fundraiser in Jersey City...

Mayor announcing Bergen exec bid today

March 4, 2018 11:06 am

Bergenfield Mayor Norman Schmelz will announce his candidacy for Bergen County Executive this afternoon. So far he is unopposed for the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent James Tedesco. Schmelz became mayor of the reliably Democratic town in 2013 following the...

Veteran NJ radio host dies

March 4, 2018 10:59 amMarch 4, 2018 10:59 am

Bob Levy, prominent for half a century in Ocean County as a radio broadcaster with WOBM, passed away on March 1 after complications from a fall. He was 86. Joseph Ruggiero, a former member of the 5th Ward Democratic Club...

Essex Democrats picking caretaker freeholder

March 3, 2018 3:55 pmMarch 5, 2018 2:29 am

Essex County Democrats are going the caretaker route, filling the open District 3 freeholder seat with South Orange Democratic Municipal Chair Janine Bauer. The move gives Essex County Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones some more time to decide who gets the...

Passaic Dems pick Imhof for County Clerk

March 3, 2018 3:31 pmMarch 4, 2018 11:03 pm

Passaic County Democrats stuck with their three incumbent freeholders this morning and nominated Danielle Ireland Imhof as their candidate for county clerk. Freeholders Sandi Lazzara, Assad Akhter and John Bartlett easily pushed back challenges from Paterson Deputy Mayor Derya Taskin...

Davis lures Costco to Bayonne

March 3, 2018 2:22 pmMarch 3, 2018 2:37 pm

With election day just two months away, Mayor Jimmy Davis has announced that he is bringing a Costco to Bayonne. Costco is paying Bayonne $2.1 million for land at the former Military Ocean Terminal, and Davis expects the big box...

Welle beats Keady at Monmouth convention

March 3, 2018 12:54 pmMarch 4, 2018 7:56 pm

Monmouth County Democrats have picked Josh Welle to take on 19-term Republican congressman Chris Smith. A political newcomer, Welle defeated former Asbury Park Councilman Jim Keady by a large margin, 114-71, or 62%-38%. Welle and Keady had been competing to...