Christopher Konawel Archives - New Jersey Globe

Here are the general election matchups in New Jersey’s competitive legislative races

June 12, 2025 2:54 pmJune 12, 2025 11:14 pm

After last night’s primary elections, New Jersey Democrats and Republicans alike now have gubernatorial standard-bearers they can rally behind in November: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for the blue team, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) for the red. Just as importantly,...

A rundown of today’s races for the N.J. Legislature

June 10, 2025 6:01 amJune 10, 2025 7:34 pm

This story was originally published on March 25, 2025, after the primary election filing deadline, and has been edited in many districts to reflect the current state of races. Over 200 candidates will compete in Democratic and Republican primaries today...

Democrats get Gloucester sheriff’s office back; GOP holds two county commissioner seats

November 12, 2024 1:24 pmNovember 13, 2024 11:01 am

Democrat Carmel Morina has reclaimed the Gloucester County Sheriff’s post he lost three years ago, defeating Republican incumbent Jonathan Sammons by 568 votes, but two GOP county commissioners have won re-election after vote-by-mail and provisional ballots were counted on Tuesday....

Gloucester GOP candidates: N.J. should reopen

May 26, 2020 12:06 pm

The Republican candidates for Gloucester County freeholder — George W. Shivery, Jr., Chris Konawel and Nick DeSilvio – think Gov. Phil Murphy should stop picking winners and losers and smartly reopen businesses. “Let commonsense prevail and smartly get the state...

Mehta is 9-0 in bid for organization lines

February 25, 2020 2:58 pm

Rik Mehta has scored his 9th consecutive victory in his bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, winning the organization line in Gloucester County. “In the US Senate race, after a thorough screening process through a Screening Committee, whose...

Gloucester GOP picks freeholder candidates

February 21, 2020 5:30 pmFebruary 21, 2020 3:07 pm

Gloucester is the only Democratic-controlled county in New Jersey that went for Donald Trump in 2016 and some Republicans think it could be a battleground county this fall. The GOP is expected to announce tonight that Greenwich Township mayor George...