Christopher Hudak Archives - New Jersey Globe

Dems hold county offices in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Union

November 7, 2023 9:59 pm

Democrats have retained control of countywide offices in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties, all heavily Democratic counties that no one on either side of the aisle believed to be competitive, the New Jersey Globe projects. Among the...

Union Democrats hold four countywide offices

November 8, 2022 11:01 pmNovember 8, 2022 11:02 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Democratic in Union County have retained four countywide offices, with Commissioners Bette Jane Kowalski, Rebecca Williams, and Sergio Granados earning re-election and Commissioner Christopher Hudak winning the office of county surrogate. As of 11:00...

Party-backed freeholder candidates in Union easily defeat progressive challengers

July 8, 2020 2:07 amJuly 8, 2020 5:22 am

Organization-backed freeholder candidates in Union County easily defeated five Freeholders Christopher Hudak and Angela Garretson received 17,462 and 19,005 votes, respectively, while and their running mate, freeholder candidate Lourdes Leon, got 18,018. Progressive candidates Justin O’Hea, Hector Meneses, Jr. and...

Shehata endorses John Francis Roman in Linden

July 3, 2020 8:44 pm

A rising star in Union County politics is showing a little love for his hometown candidate. Ahmed Shehata, a Linden Board of Education member, is asking local residents to back Councilman John Francis Roman and the entire Column B slate...

Union progressives file ELEC complaint against party-backed county candidates, Elizabeth candidates

June 11, 2020 2:48 pm

The Progressive Democrats of Union County filed a complaint with the Election Law Enforcement Commission charging countywide Democrats backed by Union’s party organization and local candidates in Elizabeth violated campaign finance law by giving their respective joint committees the same...

Progressive slate files in Union County

March 30, 2020 8:12 pmMarch 31, 2020 11:37 am

A group of progressive activists are running a full slate of county candidates against the Union County Democratic organization in the June 2 primary election. Sean Smith is challenging county clerk Joanne Rajoppi, former Fanwood councilman Jack Molenaar is taking...

Leon gets Union Dem nod for freeholder

February 5, 2020 4:24 pm

Union County Democrats have picked Lourdes Leon, a former public school principal from Elizabeth, to run on their organization line for freeholder. Leon will replace Angel Estrada, who is not seeking re-election to an eighth term after 21 years on...