Arthur Rittenhouse Archives - New Jersey Globe

Candidates may have long wait for final election results

August 21, 2020 12:46 pmAugust 21, 2020 5:05 pm

The anticipated delay of certified results from the November 3 general election could potentially push controversies regarding close elections into the new year and beyond the time when winners of the 2020 election take office. Multiple election officials have told...

Trump picks his New Jersey delegates

March 31, 2020 12:12 amMarch 31, 2020 1:22 am

Former Gov. Chris Christie will head Donald Trump’s slate of 46 New Jersey delegates to the Republican National Convention, according to a list of candidates designated by the Trump-Pence campaign. New Jersey has ten at-large delegates elected statewide, and each...

New municipal officials prepare to take office in 2020

December 31, 2019 3:06 pmDecember 31, 2019 3:14 pm

Though Democrats lost seats in the statehouse, they fared well at the local level in 2019, picking up majorities or mayorships in 11 towns on top of proxy victories elsewhere. The biggest win of the year was in Hamilton, where...

Democrats flip Sayreville mayor post by 3 votes

November 13, 2019 6:50 pm

Democrat Victoria Kilpatrick has won her race for mayor of Sayreville by three votes after final count of provisional and vote-by-mail ballots. Kilpatrick defeated Republican Arthur Rittenhouse by a vote of 3,629 to 3,626. She will succeed Mayor Kennedy O’Brien,...

Sayreville races won’t be called this week

November 7, 2019 3:59 pm

Races for Sayreville mayor and two of the town’s council seats won’t be called until after provisional ballots are counted next week. Councilman Arthur Rittenhouse, the Republican candidate for Mayor, received 3,578 votes, just 33 more than Democratic Councilwoman Victoria...