Douglas Albrecht Archives - New Jersey Globe

Education commissioner vouches for September school elections amid voter-roll crisis

August 21, 2026 4:54 amAugust 20, 2026 8:25 pm

Commissioner of Education Lilly Lau trusts the Sherrill administration’s efforts to remove noncitizens from New Jersey’s voter rolls before ballots are cast in the state’s September 15 special school elections. “Yes, the commissioner has confidence in the integrity of the...

Democrats flip two Cumberland County Commissioner seats

November 12, 2025 10:55 pmNovember 13, 2025 12:48 am

Democrats have flipped two Cumberland County Commissioner seats, with John Capizola and Yolanda Garcia Balacki ousting two incumbents, Douglas Albrecht and Victoria Lods, and reducing the Republican majority from 7-0 to 4-3 in just two years. Capizola was the top...

Cumberland Dems pick up a county commissioner seat, another too close to call

November 6, 2025 10:12 amNovember 6, 2025 1:00 pm

Democrats appear to have flipped one seat on the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, while the race for the second seat remains too close to call. John Capizola, Jr., a former interim county commissioner seeking a comeback after losing in...

Race for Cumberland County Commission seats too close to call

November 5, 2025 3:11 am

A Democrat and a Republican narrowly lead a race for two Cumberland County Commissioner seats, a race that is too close to call. Republican County Commissioners Douglas Albrecht (18,606) and Victoria Lods (18,215) faced a challenge from Democrats John Capizola...

Cumberland, Gloucester is GOP battleground for 2022

November 15, 2021 12:02 amNovember 16, 2021 10:23 am

If the Republicans can build on recent wins in Gloucester and Cumberland counties in next year’s mid-term elections, it might mean a Red Wall of county government control in six of eight South Jersey counties – everywhere but Camden and...

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...

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...