Celin Valdivia Archives - New Jersey Globe

Stack launches bid for re-election in Union City

January 22, 2026 7:05 amJanuary 22, 2026 11:30 am

Brian P. Stack, the longest-serving mayor in Union City history and an old-school retail public official who shares his personal cell phone number with his constituents, will seek re-election in the May non-partisan municipal contest. “The foundation of our public...

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...

A look ahead at May’s municipal elections

January 21, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 1, 2022 10:14 am

It’s always election season in New Jersey. This May, voters in many of New Jersey’s biggest municipalities, as well as some of its smallest, will hold municipal elections to determine who will lead their towns for the next four years....

Stack, unopposed, gets 11,000 votes

May 9, 2018 4:45 amMay 9, 2018 5:53 am

Union City Mayor Brian Stack, running unopposed, received 11,211 votes. That’s 2,210 votes more than he received in 2014, running unopposed. If he’s trying to make a statement with his massive voter-turnout operation, message received. Stack’s entire city commissioner slate...

Stack announces re-election bid

March 2, 2018 4:00 pmMarch 3, 2018 12:56 pm

Union City Mayor Brian Stack filed petitions with more than 4,400 signatures — 4,099 more than he needed — in his bid for re-election to a sixth term in the May non-partisan election. Newcomer Wendy Grullon, a community leader employed...