Bill Portman Archives - New Jersey Globe

Many of Tuesday’s municipal races were decided by less than one-quarter of the electorate

May 10, 2023 4:47 pmMay 11, 2023 9:39 am

New Jersey is a land of many Election Days: general elections, primary elections, school board elections, school referendums, fire district referendums, municipal special elections, and so on. But on many of these Election Days, few voters come to the polls,...

Portman wins in Red Bank alongside entire council slate

May 9, 2023 9:24 pm

Red Bank Mayor Billy Portman has won re-election to a full term in his borough’s first nonpartisan election, defeating hospital executive Tim Hogan; his council slate also swept all six seats on the borough council. As of 9:10 p.m. and...

A look at New Jersey’s 2023 May municipal elections

May 5, 2023 5:21 pmMay 8, 2023 12:45 pm

New Jersey’s third-most important Election Day is nearly here. The top spots, of course, go to the state’s June primary and November general elections. But next week’s May 9 local elections will still be consequential for the future of more...

Two slates duke it out in Red Bank’s first nonpartisan local election

April 26, 2023 11:41 amApril 28, 2023 8:58 am

When it comes to political drama per square mile, Red Bank has long been one of New Jersey’s most effective municipalities. For years, Democrats in the Monmouth County borough of 13,000 have been locked in a brutal internecine fight, with...

Portman upsets Ballard in Red Bank Democratic mayoral primary

June 7, 2022 9:41 pm

In an upset victory, Red Bank Councilman Michael Ballard has lost the Democratic mayoral primary to Bill Portman, who ran off the line. Incumbent Mayor Pat Menna did not run for re-election. Portman did not field any council candidates, so...