Emil Carafa Archives - New Jersey Globe

Candidates win local races uncontested in six towns

May 9, 2023 8:01 pmMay 10, 2023 12:52 am

Of the 13 towns that held nonpartisan municipal elections today, six of them featured uncontested races. With polls now closed, the unopposed candidates in each town have been re-elected to another term. In South Orange, Village President Sheena Collum and...

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...

Carafa slate wins in Lodi

May 14, 2019 11:58 pmMay 15, 2019 1:45 am

A slate of incumbents led by Mayor Emil Carafa, Jr. appear to have swept five seats on the Lodi Borough Council in Tuesday’s non-partisan municipal elections. Newcomer Scott Luna was the top vote-getter on the Lodi Pride slate with 1,221...

Election Day in 13 New Jersey towns

May 14, 2019 9:44 am

Voters in thirteen New Jersey municipalities will go to the polls today to cast their ballots in partisan municipal elections. There are closely watched races in North Bergen, where State Sen. Nicholas Sacco seeks an eighth term as mayor, and...

Lodi slate, in power since 2007, seek another term next week

May 9, 2019 5:10 amMay 9, 2019 11:29 am

All five seats on the Lodi Borough Council are up in next Tuesday’s non-partisan municipal elections, where the current regime has not lost an election in sixteen years – and where twenty years have passed since an entire slate of...