Donna Pearson Archives - Page 3 of 4

Cumberland’s Democratic freeholder race too close to call

July 8, 2020 1:42 amJuly 8, 2020 5:56 am

The Democratic race for Cumberland County Surrogate is too close to call. Freeholders Carol Musso and George Castellini, who are running on the party line, lead along with former freeholder Donna Pearson, who served two terms on the Board of...

Cumberland freeholders face challenge from incumbent they dropped from line

July 4, 2020 3:22 pmJuly 4, 2020 3:31 pm

One of most competitive freeholder primaries in New Jersey next week is in Cumberland County, where incumbent Jack Surrency is running off-the-line after the county Democratic organization declined to support him for re-election. The winners of the primary could face...

Working Families backs Surrency re-election bid

June 16, 2020 4:37 pm

New Jersey Working Families has endorsed Cumberland County Freeholder Jack Surrency for re-election, along with candidates for local office in Piscataway. Surrency is running off-the-line after being denied party support for a second term. Working Families is also backing his...

Ex-Vineland mayor backs Kennedy for Congress

June 12, 2020 4:00 pmJune 12, 2020 5:10 pm

Former Vineland Mayor Ruben Bermudez has endorsed Amy Kennedy for the Democratic congressional nomination in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Bermudez is also backing incumbent Cumberland County Freeholder Jack Surrency and his running mates, Donna Pearson and Tracey Wells-Huggins, who have...

Surrency gets support of corrections officers in bid for second term

June 1, 2020 10:27 am

PBA Local 231, which represents corrections officers at the Cumberland County Jail, has endorsed incumbent Freeholder Jack Surrency in his off-the-line bid for renomination in the July 7 Democratic primary. Cumberland County Democrats denied party support to Surrency and replaced...

Surrency wants hazard pay for Cumberland corrections officers

April 29, 2020 1:15 pm

A Cumberland County freeholder seeking re-election off the organization line in the July Democratic primary wants the county Department of Corrections to offer “hazard pay” for corrections officers. “More than a dozen county corrections officers have tested positive for COVID-19,”...

South Jersey wants progressive challengers to pay legal fees

April 23, 2020 9:50 pmApril 24, 2020 12:10 pm

Four county clerks and the Camden County Democratic organization want to recoup legal fees after South Jersey progressives suddenly dropped their lawsuit seeking to reverse the rejection of their nominating petitions. Now some of the candidates who filed to run...