Bette Jane Kowalski Archives - New Jersey Globe

Cranford gets new Dem municipal chair as Kowalski steps down

June 23, 2023 10:49 am

Cranford has a new Democratic municipal chairperson: Township Attorney Ryan Cooper, who succeeded current chair and longtime Union County Commissioner Bette Jane Kowalski at the party’s reorganization meeting. “The Cranford Democratic Committee has accomplished a lot over the past four...

Union Democrats hold four countywide offices

November 8, 2022 11:01 pmNovember 8, 2022 11:02 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Democratic in Union County have retained four countywide offices, with Commissioners Bette Jane Kowalski, Rebecca Williams, and Sergio Granados earning re-election and Commissioner Christopher Hudak winning the office of county surrogate. As of 11:00...

Judge to rule on Union County Dem slate that fell one signature short of getting on ballot

April 20, 2022 5:02 pm

The fate of three off-the-line candidates for Union County Commissioner will likely be decided on Thursday when Superior Court Judge Alan Lesnewich rules on a challenge to their nominating petitions. Mario Cornejo, Janet Reynolds and Patrick Busch, running under the...

Shelley Brindle, the mayor of Jon Bramnick's hometown, slams Bramnick law firm

Westfield Dems take 3 of 4 council seats; close races in Cranford, Kenilworth

November 6, 2019 4:05 amNovember 6, 2019 9:18 am

Democrats took three out of four races for the Westfield Town Council to give Mayor Shelley Brindle a 7-1 majority and lead a race for Mayor of Kenilworth by just 12 votes. Republicans appear to have held on to their...

Guide to Union County Elections

November 2, 2019 10:56 pmNovember 3, 2019 5:29 pm

Republicans have not won a countywide election in Union County since 1995 and have not won a race for Surrogate since 1978. With 113,470 more Democrats than Republicans, there is no indication that Union County will change its political direction...

Union freeholder chair hits Bramnick over website’s promise to ‘discredit’ sexual assault accusers

October 11, 2019 3:04 pm

Union County Freeholder Chair Bette Jane Kowalski slammed Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick over claims on his law firm’s website saying it would seek to discredit sexual assault accusers. “To see something on Jon Bramnick’s website like that, it’s disappointing....

Kowalski elected Cranford Democratic chair

June 10, 2019 8:38 pmJune 10, 2019 8:38 pm

Union County Freeholder Bette Jane Kowalski was elected Cranford Democratic Municipal Chairman tonight, defeating Mayor Patrick Giblin by a vote of 26 to 25. The win gives Kowalski, an strong ally of Union County Democratic Chairman Nicholas Scutari, a vote...