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Trump attacks Christie over Bridgegate as feud intensifies

August 25, 2025 1:11 pmAugust 25, 2025 1:11 pm

President Donald Trump escalated his feud with Chris Christie last night, suggesting a renewed investigation into Bridgegate after the former governor criticized Trump on a Sunday news show. Trump said Christie sacrificed his aides amid the 2013 scandal, including Bridget...

Democrats appear to hold on in local Bergen County races

November 3, 2021 3:18 am

A slate of Democratic incumbents running for re-election in Bergen County – Sheriff Anthony Cureton, Surrogate Michael Dressler, County Clerk John Hogan, and Commissioners Steven Tanelli and Tracy Silna Zur – have all likely emerged victorious, though by narrower margins...

Bergen Democrats seek to keep relatively new blue wall

November 1, 2021 10:29 am

Bergen County was once a swing county, where both parties fought out competitive and expensive general elections in countywide elections and in competitive local contests across the county’s 70 municipalities. Just seven years ago, Bergen had a Republican county executive...

Hogan wins Democratic primary for Bergen County Clerk

June 8, 2021 8:54 pm

Bergen County Clerk John Hogan easily won renomination to a third term against Sondra J. Greenberg, the 92-year-old former mayor of Englewood. Greenberg, who served as mayor from 1976 to 1982, was essentially a placeholder to assure a line in...

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,...

Bridget Kelly returns to public life with run for Bergen clerk

January 25, 2021 4:58 pm

Bridget Kelly, the former Christie aide who sent the infamous “time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” email that energized the Bridgegate hearings, is making a return to public life with a run for Bergen County clerk. Kelly, 48,...