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Figueroa Kettenburg wins runoff for Trenton’s South Ward

December 20, 2022 1:27 pmDecember 20, 2022 1:51 pm

With nearly all ballots now counted, Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg has won her race for Trenton City Council in the South Ward, defeating Damian Malave. Figueroa Kettenburg received 323 votes to Malave’s 283, a margin of 53.3%-46.7%. Figueroa Kettenburg was also...

A preview of N.J.’s December 13 runoffs in Trenton, Perth Amboy, and Manchester

December 7, 2022 1:24 pmDecember 12, 2022 10:07 am

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) may have won the nation’s most important runoff election yesterday, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-most important are all still to come – and they’re all in New Jersey. Next Tuesday, December 13, voters in...

Gusciora leads big in Trenton; many council seats up in the air

November 9, 2022 12:08 pm

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora has a huge lead in his bid for a second term, putting him in a dominant position against two of his longtime foes, Council President Kathy McBride and Councilwoman Robin Vaughn, in the city’s nonpartisan election....

Lots at stake in Trenton local races after years of rancor

September 30, 2022 5:16 pmNovember 1, 2022 1:23 pm

It’s been a rough few years for local government in New Jersey’s capital city. Ever since Mayor Reed Gusciora took office in 2018, relations between the mayor’s office, the city council, and various arms of the city bureaucracy have steadily...

Gusciora says it’s ‘still too early’ for him to get involved in Trenton council races

March 15, 2022 3:40 pmMarch 15, 2022 7:28 pm

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora, who has had a rocky relationship with the Trenton City Council since he was sworn in nearly four years ago, said today that he’s not sure yet whom he’ll support for the council this November as...

Malave enters race for Trenton council seat

March 3, 2022 11:53 am

Four years after forcing veteran Trenton South Ward Councilman George Muschal into a runoff, Damian Malave is launching his second bid for the council seat. Muschal is not seeking re-election to a council that might be the most dysfunctional governing...

State investigator enters race for open Trenton council seat

February 28, 2022 2:05 pmFebruary 28, 2022 5:21 pm

Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg, an investigations supervisor for the state Department of Children and Families, will enter the race for a Trenton South Ward City Council seat in the November 2022 non-partisan municipal election. She has an announcement set for 5...