Arati Kreibich Archives - New Jersey Globe

Thanks to congressional races, Democratic primary for Bergen freeholder

March 31, 2020 9:58 pmMarch 31, 2020 11:15 pm

Six Democrats have filed for two seats on the Bergen County Board of Freeholders, setting up a primary forced by off-the-line congressional challengers seeking to avoid ballot Siberia. Incumbent Joan Voss and her running mate, Ridgewood Mayor Ramon Hache, will...

Five Republicans, one Democrat take on Gottheimer

March 30, 2020 7:06 pmMarch 31, 2020 2:57 am

Rep. Josh Gottheimer filed for re-election with more than 400 signatures Monday. He’s running under organizational slogans in each of the fifth congressional district’s counties except Sussex, where a slogan is still pending. Glen Rock councilwoman Arati Kreibich, Gottheimer’s progressive...

Biden, Gottheimer win Sussex Democratic organization lines by huge margins

March 30, 2020 6:04 pmMarch 30, 2020 6:04 pm

Joe Biden has won the organization line in Sussex County, defeating Bernie Sanders by a vote of 100 to 36, a 46-point victory in a county which Sanders carried in the 2016 New Jersey primary against Hillary Clinton by a...

Working Families backs Kennedy, Kreibich, Spiller

March 27, 2020 12:14 pmMarch 27, 2020 12:21 pm

New Jersey Working Families has announced three endorsements in upcoming elections in what was described on social media as their first wave of candidates for May and June elections. The progressive grassroots group is backing Amy Kennedy for Conrgess in...

Murphy not ready to impose further limits on political campaigns in response to COVID

March 18, 2020 4:00 pmMarch 18, 2020 7:35 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he wasn’t ready to impose restrictions on political campaigns separate from those already in place as a response to COVID-19. “I’m not sure that I’m prepared to say to any campaign ‘no human-to-human interaction,’ but there’s...

Murphy mulls all-VBM primary election

March 18, 2020 2:00 amMarch 18, 2020 9:10 am

State and local election officials are working on a plan to cancel in-person voting for the June primary election and replace it with a vote-by-mail only election as the state deals with the coronavirus pandemic, the New Jersey Globe has...

Coronavirus prompts cancellation of Bergen Democratic convention

March 11, 2020 7:58 pmMarch 11, 2020 11:04 pm

The coronavirus has caused Bergen County Democrats to cancel their nominating convention set for tomorrow evening and are moving toward an online vote. “Due to the current concern over the coronavirus and the public health risks associated with large gatherings,...