Alex Bethea Archives - New Jersey Globe

Edwards, Feliciano, Gonzalez overwhelmingly win Trenton at-large council runoff

January 24, 2023 9:37 pmJanuary 25, 2023 12:14 am

Jasi Edwards, Crystal Feliciano, and Yazminelly Gonzalez have easily won three at-large seats on the Trenton City Council, defeating three other candidates in the runoff for an election that initially came before voters more than two months ago. As of...

Trenton at-large runoff coming on Tuesday

January 20, 2023 2:57 pm

Two and a half months after Trenton voters first went to the polls in November 2022, the city’s local elections may finally come to an end next Tuesday, when a runoff is scheduled for three at-large seats on the Trenton...

A preview of N.J.’s December 13 runoffs in Trenton, Perth Amboy, and Manchester

December 7, 2022 1:24 pmDecember 12, 2022 10:07 am

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) may have won the nation’s most important runoff election yesterday, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-most important are all still to come – and they’re all in New Jersey. Next Tuesday, December 13, voters in...

Undervotes in Trenton at-large council race may force runoff after all

December 1, 2022 1:02 pmDecember 1, 2022 3:52 pm

New data released today by Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello may mean that there will indeed have to be a runoff for three at-large seats on the Trenton City Council, potentially undoing a decision by Trenton City Clerk Brandon...

Gusciora leads big in Trenton; many council seats up in the air

November 9, 2022 12:08 pm

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora has a huge lead in his bid for a second term, putting him in a dominant position against two of his longtime foes, Council President Kathy McBride and Councilwoman Robin Vaughn, in the city’s nonpartisan election....

Lots at stake in Trenton local races after years of rancor

September 30, 2022 5:16 pmNovember 1, 2022 1:23 pm

It’s been a rough few years for local government in New Jersey’s capital city. Ever since Mayor Reed Gusciora took office in 2018, relations between the mayor’s office, the city council, and various arms of the city bureaucracy have steadily...

Reynolds-Jackson, Verrelli in 15th district

June 4, 2019 8:01 pmJune 3, 2019 10:55 pm

The New Jersey Globe is calling the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the 15th district for incumbents Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) and Anthony Verrelli (D-Hopewell). They have defeated their primary opponent, former Trenton Councilman Alex Bethea. Reynolds-Jackson and Verrelli will...