Brian Stack Archives - New Jersey Globe

Kuhn clears committee with promise to shut down Edna Mahan

May 19, 2022 1:04 pm

Victoria Kuhn was approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee today to be the commissioner of the state Department of Corrections, ten months after she took over the agency in an acting capacity following former Commissioner Marcus Hicks’ resignation in...

Low turnout across state in May 10 municipal elections

May 19, 2022 11:50 amMay 19, 2022 1:25 pm

With the exception of Ocean City and Union City, voter turnout in the May 10 non-partisan municipal elections was dismal, with more than 80% of registered voters not participating in eight of the towns that had non-partisan elections, according to...

Temporary Supreme Court Justice who was deciding vote on cop killer release got to the bench as part of an old-fashioned political deal

May 16, 2022 12:40 amMay 16, 2022 5:12 pm

When the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the release of a notorious cop killer last week, the deciding vote was cast by Jose L. Fuentes, a onetime Hudson County political insider with ambitions for high public office, who is on...

Stack, commissioners win re-election unopposed in Union City

May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Union City Mayor Brian Stack, an electoral giant in Hudson County politics, has won re-election unopposed alongside his slate of four incumbent commissioners: Wendy Grullon, Maryury Martinetti, Lucio Fernandez, and Celin Valdivia. Technically, Stack...

Middlesex helps Stack raise over $100k

April 22, 2022 5:56 pm

Middlesex County Democrats raised over $100,000 for Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Brian P. Stack on Thursday night, another signal in the growing alliance between Hudson County Senators and the powerful Central Jersey political organization. The money boosts the coffers of...

Stack raises over $450,000 at fundraiser last week

April 3, 2022 6:53 pm

Union City Mayor Brian Stack raised over $450,000 at a gala on Thursday evening that attracted some of the state’s most powerful elected officials. Senate President Nicholas Scutari, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin McCabe and top...

Vainieri announces bid for Hudson Democratic chair

March 11, 2022 3:01 pm

Anthony P. Vainieri, Jr. formally launched his bid to become Hudson County Democratic Chairman on Friday with the endorsements of incumbent Amy DeGise and all twelve Hudson County mayors. The announcement of Vainieri’s candidacy was accompanied by a statement from...