Derya Taskin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Democrats will elect new senator, assemblymember on Thursday

January 14, 2025 9:49 pmJanuary 15, 2025 12:47 am

Democrats in Passaic and Bergen counties plan to fill a State Assembly vacancy in the 35th district on Thursday evening, a largely unprecedented maneuver that could result in a court challenge. The election of Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) to Congress...

Screening committee makes no pick in race for Pou Senate seat

January 4, 2025 5:23 pmJanuary 4, 2025 5:24 pm

Passaic County Democrats made no recommendation in the race for Nellie Pou’s 35th district State Senate seat after Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Paterson) and Assemblyman Benji Wimberly (D-Paterson) appeared before a screening committee today. County committee members in the Passaic and...

Here are the most important results from the New Jersey ballot draw

April 4, 2024 5:31 pmApril 5, 2024 8:37 am

Today was the New Jersey ballot draw, in which the state’s 21 county clerks determined via random drawings where candidates for office in the June 4 primary will appear on voters’ ballots. And on the Democratic side, it was a...

Passaic Dems back incumbents: Duffy, Lepore, Berdnik

March 2, 2019 3:56 pmMarch 3, 2019 12:39 pm

Passaic County Democrats picked incumbent freeholders Terry Duffy and Pat Lepore and sheriff Richard Berdnik to run on their organization line in the June primary. Duffy and Lepore faces a challenge from Derya Taskin, a former deputy mayor of Paterson....

Passaic freeholders face challenge at Dem screening committee

February 27, 2019 10:18 amFebruary 27, 2019 11:05 am

A former deputy mayor of Paterson will seek the Democratic nomination for Passaic County freeholder, challenging two five-term incumbents for the endorsement of the county party organization. Derya Taskin, who served as deputy mayor under Joey Torres and Ruby Cotton,...