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NJ-9 independent tossed from ballot

June 9, 2026 5:42 pmJune 9, 2026 6:33 pm

Perennial candidate Diomedes Minaya has been disqualified from the ballot in New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District after failing to submit enough valid signatures. Minaya filed 350 signatures, but Administrative Law Judge Andrew Baron found 104 of them invalid because the...

Lora wins third term as Passaic mayor in landslide

May 13, 2025 11:23 pm

Hector Lora was re-elected mayor of the city of Passaic in tonight’s non-partisan municipal election, scoring a third term in a landslide against perennial candidate Diomedes Minaya. Lora defeated Minya with 89% of the vote, 3,494-405. Minaya has run for...

Lora-backed slate wins easily in Passaic

May 9, 2023 9:07 pmMay 10, 2023 2:54 am

Passaic Council President Gary Schaer – who is also a prominent member of the New Jersey State Assembly – has easily won re-election to another term on the Passaic City Council, as have his three running mates: Councilwoman Thania Melo,...

A look at New Jersey’s 2023 May municipal elections

May 5, 2023 5:21 pmMay 8, 2023 12:45 pm

New Jersey’s third-most important Election Day is nearly here. The top spots, of course, go to the state’s June primary and November general elections. But next week’s May 9 local elections will still be consequential for the future of more...

Lora re-elected in landslide

May 11, 2021 9:21 pmMay 12, 2021 1:36 am

Passaic Mayor Hector Lora easily defeated two challengers to win re-election Tuesday, carrying his slate of council candidates to another term. It wasn’t remotely close. Lora won with 3,913 votes, nearly 89% of all those cast. Incumbents Jose Garcia, Terrence...

Former Passaic NAACP president removed after anti-Semitic statements running for mayor

April 22, 2021 4:02 pmApril 22, 2021 8:29 pm

Jeffrey Dye, the former Passaic City NAACP president who was ousted over a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino Facebook posts, is running for mayor. Dye, who was fired from a $56,088-a-year post in Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration after the New...

Passaic incumbents win easily

May 15, 2019 12:49 amMay 15, 2019 12:54 am

Four incumbents coasted to re-election in the city of Passaic in Tuesday’s non-partisan municipal election. Thania Melo was the top vote-getter with 2,012 votes, followed by Salim Patel (1,954), Gary Schaer (1,942) and Chaim Munk (1,923). They defeated perennial candidate...