Adam WIngate Archives - New Jersey Globe

A tale of three county commissioner primaries

June 16, 2023 5:17 pmJune 25, 2023 8:07 am

County commissioner races are like the middle child of New Jersey politics. They don’t attract the same level of interest as, say, a race for Congress; at the same time, they’re not truly local in the way that a mayoral...

Off-the-line GOP candidates prevail in primary for Gloucester county offices

June 6, 2023 10:00 pmJune 6, 2023 10:32 pm

An off-the-line slate has won a close Republican primary for Gloucester County Surrogate and three county commissioner seats, dealing a serious blow to the county Republican organization, the New Jersey Globe projects. In the race for county commissioner, former Harrison...

What’s at stake in New Jersey’s ballot draw

April 5, 2023 5:06 pmApril 6, 2023 2:24 pm

Tomorrow, New Jersey will celebrate its most obscure yet consequential holiday: ballot drawing day, when county clerks conduct lotteries to determine the layout of primary ballots. Every slate that includes a contingent of county commissioner candidates has the ability to...

The primaries that weren’t

March 29, 2023 2:38 pmMarch 29, 2023 4:45 pm

For the next two-and-a-half months leading up to the June 6 primary, there will be plenty of time to focus on the primaries that New Jersey is hosting this year in 13 legislative districts and countless counties and towns across...

Sawyer on her re-election plans: Talk to me after the filing deadline

March 20, 2023 12:16 pm

Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich) is in a tough spot. Earlier this year, she defected from the 3rd district slate led by State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) and joined a rival slate headed by Salem County Commissioner Mickey Ostrum (R-Pilesgrove), but...

Salem county commissioner might challenge Durr in GOP primary

February 4, 2023 3:48 pmFebruary 10, 2023 12:34 pm

Popular two-term Salem County Commissioner Mickey Ostrum is mulling a challenge to State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) in the Republican primary. Ostrum told the New Jersey Globe that he would make a final decision “over the next week to ten...

Gloucester GOP announces ticket for control election

March 4, 2022 8:00 pmMarch 5, 2022 1:17 am

Gloucester County GOP Chair Jacci Vigilante unveiled a slate of candidate on Friday as they seek to take control of the Board of Commissioners for the first time since 1986. Stephen H. Pakradooni, Jr., who carried the Gloucester County portion...