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50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

Cranford mayor calls for additional refugee resettlement assistance

August 19, 2024 11:04 amAugust 19, 2024 11:29 am

Cranford Mayor Brian Andrews has signed onto a national effort asking President Joe Biden to bolster the country’s refugee resettlement program. Andrews, a former State Department official who helped evacuate a vulnerable family from Afghanistan, is the first New Jersey...

Control up this year in Cranford, another swing town

April 4, 2022 2:32 pmApril 4, 2022 2:50 pm

Cranford Mayor Kathleen Miller Prunty will seek re-election to a second term on a ticket with Terrence Curran in a local control election in a swing town in Union County. They will face Republican Township Committeewoman Mary O’Connor, and her...

Provisionals may swing races in Cranford, Kenilworth

November 7, 2019 2:52 pm

Provisional ballots may swing council races in Cranford and Kenilworth. In Cranford, Democrat Kathleen Miller Prunty leads Republican Commiteewoman Mary O’Connor by 32 votes, 3,527-3,495. Democrat Brian Andrews trails O’Connor by 103 votes. The New Jersey Globe has learned that...

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...

FMBA backs Republicans in Cranford

October 31, 2019 9:48 amOctober 31, 2019 10:37 am

A firemen’s union endorsed Republicans for Cranford Township Committee Thursday. The Firefighter’s Mutual Benevolent Organization backed Committeewoman Mary O’Connor and Phil Siliato. “We have worked with Mary, whose brother is a member of the NJ FMBA, during her time on...

Democrats seek sweep of Cranford Township Committee

March 31, 2019 11:57 amSeptember 24, 2022 1:19 pm

Cranford Democrats have endorsed Brian Andrews and Kathleen Miller Prunty to run for township committee. Democrats currently have a 5-1 majority on the council, with one seat from each party up in 2019. They will oppose the lone Republican incumbent,...