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Burlington Democratic caretaker plan voted down

January 17, 2025 5:21 amJanuary 17, 2025 3:08 am

Democratic county committee members from Burlington County’s 7th district rejected a plan by party leaders on Thursday evening to require legislative and county commissioner vacancies to be filled only by interim caretakers, setting up a possible fight in the race...

Balvir Singh says he’ll run for Conaway’s unexpired Assembly term

November 22, 2024 12:28 pmNovember 22, 2024 9:18 pm

Burlington County Commissioner Balvir Singh says he won’t stand aside for a caretaker to fill a soon-to-be-open seat in the New Jersey State Assembly and will run in a special election convention in January to replace Rep.-elect Herb Conaway, Jr....

Burlington Dems back caretaker plan to replace Conaway in Assembly

November 22, 2024 10:02 amNovember 22, 2024 1:16 pm

Burlington County Democrats will pick a short-term caretaker to fill a State Assembly vacancy that will occur on or about January 3 when Herb Conaway, Jr. (D-Delran) takes his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Daniel J. O’Connell, a...

It’s another big weekend in N.J.’s Democratic Senate primary

February 23, 2024 3:45 pmFebruary 24, 2024 11:53 am

Just under two weeks ago, Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown)’s campaign for U.S. Senate got a major boost when Kim emphatically defeated First Lady Tammy Murphy at the Monmouth County Democratic convention. This weekend, he’ll have the opportunity to do it...

Kim unveils big batch of endorsements from his native Burlington County

February 15, 2024 2:00 pmFebruary 15, 2024 1:54 pm

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown), Burlington County’s hometown congressman for the last five years, unveiled a large set of endorsements from the county today, a little over a week before Burlington Democrats are set to meet for their annual county convention....

Burlington commissioner won’t seek re-election

February 15, 2024 11:57 am

Burlington County Commissioner Dan O’Connell will not seek re-election to a third term, opening up a countywide office in a year where potential contests for other offices might create competing slates in the June Democratic primary. The unexpected retirement sets...

Burlington GOP seeks a comeback

November 1, 2021 11:59 am

Not too long ago, Burlington County had one of the most formidable county Republican political machines in the state, but demographic transformations finally caught up and Democrats began winning elections. That was just four years ago, but now Burlington is...