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Davis elected Hudson sheriff

November 5, 2025 2:28 am

Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis easily won his race for Hudson County Sheriff, defeating Republican Elvis Alvarez by a 72%-24% margin. Davis will take office on January 1; his election will create a vacancy in the office of mayor of Bayonne,...

Can Sacco still deliver North Bergen votes?

October 13, 2025 6:00 pmOctober 14, 2025 11:59 am

There was a time when Mayor Nicholas Sacco could deliver a massive number of votes in North Bergen, but his endorsement of Republican Jack Ciattarelli comes at a moment when his electoral potency is in question. Sacco’s candidate in the...

2025 primaries highlight machine’s vulnerabilities on Hudson County commissioner map

August 27, 2025 3:39 pmAugust 28, 2025 10:59 am

When the Hudson County Democratic Organization (HCDO) endorsed Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in this year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, it was something of a risky bet, since Sherrill was going up against the county’s most prominent politician, Jersey City Mayor Steve...

Mapping the 2025 Hudson County war

June 20, 2025 1:29 pmJune 20, 2025 1:36 pm

Democrats in Hudson County are, to put it mildly, a fractious bunch. Not an election goes by where the local county Democratic organization isn’t consumed by infighting over a congressional seat, or a mayoralty, or a county government job, although...

Sacco struggles to deliver votes in Democratic primary

June 16, 2025 8:56 pmJune 17, 2025 11:55 pm

There are signs that the 40-year reign of North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco is nearing an end after a series of losses in last week’s Hudson County Democratic Civil War show a significant decline in his mojo; he once had...

It’s Jack versus Mikie, as voters deliver resounding victories for N.J. gov frontrunners

June 11, 2025 3:28 am

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) entered tonight’s primaries for New Jersey governor as frontrunners. They left them as winners. Both Sherrill, a congresswoman since 2019, and Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman and the GOP’s nominee for...

Davis unseats Sheriff Schillari in major win for Hudson Democratic organization

June 10, 2025 9:48 pmJune 11, 2025 12:46 am

Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis has unseated incumbent Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari after a brutal and bitter Democratic primary contest, the New Jersey Globe projects, a major win for the Hudson County Democratic organization in its broader war against Jersey...