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Democrats could gain significant ground in 2024 county races

January 5, 2024 2:43 pmFebruary 14, 2024 3:08 pm

For three years in a row, New Jersey Democrats have steadily lost ground in county offices, the oft-overlooked middle tier of state politics that has tremendous power over government contracts, elections administration, and more. In the three election cycles since...

Passaic Demcrats hold three county offices

November 9, 2022 2:25 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that three Democratic incumbents have won re-election to county office in Passaic County, beating an all-law enforcement slate put forward by Republicans. As of 2:25 a.m., Democratic Sheriff Richard Berdnik leads Republican Mason Maher 54%-46%....

Passaic judge hints of recount extension if asked

November 18, 2021 1:08 pm

Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela suggested today that he’ll extend the deadline for Passaic County Republicans to file for a recount if they need more time to review the results of the close November 2 general election. It took the...

Bartlett wins in Passaic, GOP picks up one county commissioner seat

November 16, 2021 9:50 pmNovember 17, 2021 2:23 pm

With a small number of additional votes tabulated tonight, Republicans have flipped one seat on the Passaic County Commission, but Democrats held the other two seats as well as the office of Passaic County Surrogate. After trailing on election night,...

Close Passaic election sends GOP to court

November 15, 2021 8:50 amNovember 15, 2021 9:19 pm

The Passaic County Board of Elections is set to resume counting votes from the November 2 general election this afternoon, for the first time since Wednesday, in contests where an incumbent county commissioner now trails by 11 votes and 710...

Bartlett trails by 11 votes after more votes counted in Passaic County

November 10, 2021 10:09 pmNovember 10, 2021 10:10 pm

Democrat Zoila Cassanova has taken a 710-vote lead in the race for Passaic County Surrogate, and another Democrat, John Bartlett, is now trailing by just 11 votes in his bid for re-election to as county commissioner. Cassanova had trailed Republican...

Passaic county races still too close to call; GOP surrogate candidate leads by 224 votes

November 9, 2021 2:06 pmNovember 9, 2021 5:32 pm

The race for three seats on the Passaic County Board of Commissioners remains too close to call, with Republicans leading for the first time in twelve years in a contest where about 3,300 votes are still uncounted. The GOP candidate...