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DiMaso, county backed candidates will appear in adjacent columns on ballot

April 16, 2021 3:45 pmApril 16, 2021 4:33 pm

Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) will appear next to Assemblyman Gerald Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel Board of Education President Vicky Flynn, whom county Republicans selected to replace DiMaso on the organizational line, after Wednesday’s ballot draw. Scharfenberger and Flynn are bracketed...

What to watch for in today’s primary election ballot draws

April 16, 2021 10:58 amApril 16, 2021 4:28 pm

County clerks will draw for ballot positions on Friday afternoon. The only drama will be on the Republican side, since the two Democrats challenging Gov. Phil Murphy in the primary were removed from the ballot. That means the organization line...

Seven candidates file to run for governor in June primary election

April 5, 2021 10:39 pmApril 6, 2021 11:41 am

Click HERE for the latest update: The dust has mostly settled on New Jersey’s filing deadline, with four Republicans and three Democrats competing to run for governor. Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who became the front runner in January after former...

Today is filing day in New Jersey

April 5, 2021 12:01 amApril 5, 2021 12:07 am

The deadline for candidates to run in the June 8 Democratic and Republican primaries is 4 PM today. Gov. Phil Murphy has filed more than 12,000 signatures for his re-election bid. He faces one opponent in the Democratic primary: Roger...

Despite pending criminal charges, Bergen GOP picks Kugler for sheriff

March 30, 2021 11:12 pmMarch 31, 2021 10:43 am

Nearly three weeks after state prosecutors charged Robert Kugler with corruption and conspiracy charges, Bergen County Republicans tonight picked him as their candidate for Sheriff. He defeated Harry Shortway Jr., the 83-year-old Midland Park mayor, by a vote of 269-98,...

Ciattarelli wins Bergen vote

March 16, 2021 8:52 am

The Bergen County Republican Organization Policy Committee endorsed former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli for governor with 98% of the vote on Monday evening, the first step toward securing the organization line at their county nominating convention this month. Ciattarelli defeated former...

Ciattarelli, Pappas win GOP line in Hunterdon

February 24, 2021 9:22 pmFebruary 24, 2021 9:22 pm

Hunterdon County Republicans have endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for Governor and Michael Pappas for State Senate. Ciattarelli defeated former Franklin Mayor Brian D. Levine at the Hunterdon Republican convention tonight by what GOP County Chairman Gabe Plummer called “a clear majority...