Eric Kulmala Archives - New Jersey Globe

Tedesco, Dem freeholders easily win in Bergen

November 7, 2018 3:05 am

Bergen County James Tedesco and his Board of Chosen Freeholders easily won reelection Tuesday night. Tedesco secured 178,066 votes, about 62%, to Republican challenger Norman Schmelz’s 108,240 votes, about 38% of those cast. Freeholders Steven Tanelli and Tracy Zur won...

Senate candidates stump in Rutherford

September 3, 2018 6:03 pmSeptember 4, 2018 9:52 am

Bob Menendez and Bob Hugin worked the crowds in Rutherford this afternoon, where a local street fair has been the traditional start of the general election campaign season in North Jersey for more than forty years. Gov. Phil Murphy and...

Schmelz holds narrow lead in GOP Bergen Exec race

June 6, 2018 3:54 am

Bergenfield mayor Norman Schmelz has a 186-vote lead in the race for the Republican nomination for Bergen County Executive. With 100% of the districts counted, Schmelz leads Paul Duggan. 10,371 to 10,185. Schmelz ran the Bergen County Republican organization line,...