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Commission to redraw Atlantic County districts hits immediate impasse

January 27, 2022 5:48 pm

The redistricting commission in charge of redrawing Atlantic County’s five county commission districts failed to find common ground at their first meeting today, with each party’s two commissioners agreeing to search for a fifth tiebreaking member. If the four cannot...

Atlantic features race for county clerk, key county commissioner races

November 1, 2021 12:05 amNovember 1, 2021 10:36 am

Both parties are fighting to win a county clerk’s race in Atlantic County, one of the state’s few politically competitive counties. Edward McGettigan, a three-term Democrat, is retiring after a series of election mishaps. Hammonton Councilman Joseph Giralo, a Republican,...

Jiampetti defends herself in Egg Harbor City water case as Republicans attack

September 22, 2021 9:34 amSeptember 22, 2021 3:52 pm

Egg Harbor City Mayor Lisa Jiampetti, the current Democratic nominee for Atlantic County Clerk, is defending herself and her city after the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) raised concerns over the city’s sale of its water systems through the...

Group of Democratic leaders endorse Ferrara for Atlantic County Clerk

February 28, 2021 1:25 pmFebruary 28, 2021 1:25 pm

Nearly two dozen Democratic county committee members, along with Galloway Democratic Municipal Chairman Doug Browne, and Somers Point Democratic Club president Kim O’Brien today endorsed Calvin Ferrara for the Democratic nomination for county clerk. The embattled Democratic incumbent, Edward McGettigan,...

McGettigan won’t seek re-election as Atlantic County Clerk

February 25, 2021 3:51 pmAugust 27, 2021 12:24 pm

Atlantic County Clerk Edward P. McGettigan will not seek re-election to a fourth term this year, bring to close a 28-year career in politics, the New Jersey Globe has learned. He is expected to make his announcement within the next...

Ferrara launches bid for Atlantic County Clerk

February 23, 2021 4:29 pmFebruary 23, 2021 6:54 pm

A former Amy Kennedy for Congress campaign staffer will seek the Democratic nomination for Atlantic County Clerk. Calvin Ferrara, a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee staffer who served as Kennedy’s deputy political director last year, wants to take on a...

Levinson wants state to foot bill for redo election

January 6, 2021 12:34 pm

Atlantic County Executive Daniel Levinson called for the state to foot the bill for a redo election spiked after County Clerk Edward McGettigan mailed incorrect ballots to 554 voters. “Atlantic County voters exercised their right and did as they were...