Erik Anderson Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sherrill names 35 local and county elected officials to transition panel

December 2, 2025 9:02 amDecember 9, 2025 10:12 am

Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill today unveiled a 35-member Local Government Advisory Group of elected officials from across New Jersey, assembled to provide expertise and on-the-ground insight to her transition’s Action Teams. Phil Alagia, the chief of staff to Essex County Executive...

All Monmouth GOP county commissioners supporting Ciattarelli

December 9, 2024 3:42 pmDecember 9, 2024 5:34 pm

All five Monmouth County commissioners have endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for governor in next year’s Republican primary, giving him key support in the county with the second-highest number of registered Republicans in the state. Support came from Tom Arnone, Ross Licitra,...

GOP wins county offices in Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, Warren

November 7, 2023 11:43 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:10 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that Republicans have held onto their countyiwde offices in seven staunchly Republican counties: Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren. Cape May Republicans in one of New Jersey’s reddest counties swept races tonight...

A tale of three county commissioner primaries

June 16, 2023 5:17 pmJune 25, 2023 8:07 am

County commissioner races are like the middle child of New Jersey politics. They don’t attract the same level of interest as, say, a race for Congress; at the same time, they’re not truly local in the way that a mayoral...

Off-the-line GOP candidates prevail in primary for Gloucester county offices

June 6, 2023 10:00 pmJune 6, 2023 10:32 pm

An off-the-line slate has won a close Republican primary for Gloucester County Surrogate and three county commissioner seats, dealing a serious blow to the county Republican organization, the New Jersey Globe projects. In the race for county commissioner, former Harrison...

What’s at stake in New Jersey’s ballot draw

April 5, 2023 5:06 pmApril 6, 2023 2:24 pm

Tomorrow, New Jersey will celebrate its most obscure yet consequential holiday: ballot drawing day, when county clerks conduct lotteries to determine the layout of primary ballots. Every slate that includes a contingent of county commissioner candidates has the ability to...