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Sacco beats Wainstein yet again in North Bergen

May 9, 2023 8:35 pmMay 10, 2023 11:22 am

For the third consecutive time, North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco has won re-election against local businessman Larry Wainstein, who has been doggedly running against the longtime mayor and state senator since 2015. As of 10:24 p.m. and with all election...

A look at New Jersey’s 2023 May municipal elections

May 5, 2023 5:21 pmMay 8, 2023 12:45 pm

New Jersey’s third-most important Election Day is nearly here. The top spots, of course, go to the state’s June primary and November general elections. But next week’s May 9 local elections will still be consequential for the future of more...

Sacco clobbers Wainstein in North Bergen race

May 14, 2019 8:55 pmMay 15, 2019 1:44 am

North Bergen Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco won an overwhelming landslide victory over challenger Larry Wainstein as voters re-elected him to a 10th term on the township commission on Tuesday evening. Sacco won a head-to-head contest against Wainstein with 69%, 7,768...

Sacco campaign launch draws crowd of 1,000

March 11, 2019 9:54 pmMarch 12, 2019 9:14 am

Mayor Nicholas Sacco’s re-election campaign kickoff drew some of the state’s top Democrats and a crowd of more than 1,000 to North Bergen Monday night. “We believe that you don’t make economic progress without social progress. You don’t make social...

Massive number of voters sign Nick Sacco petitions

March 8, 2019 12:53 pmMarch 9, 2019 1:07 am

In an extraordinarily impressive show of grass roots support, North Bergen mayor Nicholas Sacco collected 10,492 signatures on his nominating petitions to run for re-election in the May non-partisan elections. Sacco got about 2,000 more signatures than he did votes...