George Castellini Archives - New Jersey Globe

A rundown of the contested primaries for county office

June 10, 2025 5:59 amJune 10, 2025 7:44 am

Six counties have contested primaries for countywide office in two weeks, with the premier race in Hudson County, where a five-term incumbent is battling the mayor of Bayonne in the race for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in a contest...

Cumberland County goes all GOP, a major win for Testa

November 7, 2023 11:58 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:09 am

Republicans picked up three county commissioner seats in Cumberland County tonight, giving them a 7-0 majority and continued control of county government for at least two more years. Democratic Commissioner John Capizola and his running mates, educator LaRae Hilda Smith...

Donna Pearson wins race for Cumberland freeholder in Democratic sweep

November 17, 2020 8:49 am

Democrats have swept all three seats on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders, with Donna Pearson defeating Republican Victoria Lods by 2,463 votes. Pearson returns the freeholder board following a 17-year absence after winning an off-the-line victory in the July...

Pearson lead expand by 43 in close Cumberland freeholder race

November 11, 2020 8:14 am

Democrat Donna Pearson expanded her lead by 43 votes on Tuesday and is now 1,637 votes ahead of Republican Victoria Lods in a close race for a seat on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders. Pearson, a former freeholder attempting...

Cumberland freeholder race remains close

November 10, 2020 9:07 am

The lead in the race for Cumberland County freeholder still belongs to the Democrats, with more than 5,000 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots still uncounted. Democrat Donna Pearson has a 1,595-vote lead over Republican Victoria Lods, 28,551 to 26,956. Pearson, a...

Democrats still lead in Cumberland freeholder race, but one Republican staying alive

November 9, 2020 9:43 amNovember 9, 2020 2:32 pm

The race for seats on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders remains close in what might be the slowest-counting place in New Jersey. After just 2,601 ballots were counted on Sunday, there are still about 8,000 vote-by-mail ballots and around...

Testa makes a play for Cumberland’s freeholder board

September 11, 2020 11:51 amSeptember 13, 2020 1:29 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa is making a play for control of his home county. With Democrats holding a broad but not insurmountable 6-1 majority on Cumberland County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders, Testa, the county’s Republican chairman, is hoping a bevy...