Chris Chung Archives - New Jersey Globe

Party-endorsed slates win on both sides in Bergen county commissioner race

June 11, 2025 12:20 am

In the race for three seats on the Bergen County Board of Commissioners, party-backed candidates on both sides have successfully fended off slates of primary challengers, the New Jersey Globe projects. Three Democratic incumbents are running for re-election this year:...

A rundown of the contested primaries for county office

June 10, 2025 5:59 amJune 10, 2025 7:44 am

Six counties have contested primaries for countywide office in two weeks, with the premier race in Hudson County, where a five-term incumbent is battling the mayor of Bayonne in the race for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in a contest...

Fulop unveils county commissioner slates in Bergen, Somerset

November 20, 2024 8:00 amNovember 19, 2024 9:01 pm

Allies of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Fulop will mount a bid for Bergen County Commissioner in next year’s Democratic primary, taking on candidates backed by the county organization in what will likely be an office block ballot without lines. Former...

Healy, Schundler, nineteen other ex-mayors endorse Fulop for Governor

January 17, 2024 8:30 amJanuary 17, 2024 12:24 pm

Twenty-one former mayors from eleven New Jersey counties have endorsed Steve Fulop for the Democratic nomination for governor, including his three predecessors: Jerramiah Healy, L. Harvey Smith, and Bret Schundler, a Republican. The Healy and Schundler endorsements are symbolically significant:...

Murphy announces expansion of Pre-K programs, commits to achieving universal system

September 16, 2021 12:46 pmSeptember 16, 2021 2:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today the expansion of the state’s existing network of pre-kindergarten programs, as well as his commitment to eventually reaching universal Pre-K for every child in New Jersey. “Today we are announcing that New Jersey will start...

Murphy will swear in three Dem officials

January 1, 2019 8:36 pmJanuary 2, 2019 9:28 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will return from a twelve-day family vacation to Tanzania tomorrow and will swear in three Democratic local officials over a three-hour period on Wednesday evening — including one of his former opponents. He will start in Evesham,...