Jack Ciattarelli Archives - New Jersey Globe

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Somerset County in 2026

July 8, 2026 4:23 pmJuly 8, 2026 4:27 pm

For more than a century, Somerset County stood among New Jersey’s premier Republican strongholds. It backed Herbert Hoover over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, remained reliably Republican through the New Deal and postwar eras, and...

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

Sacco mulling early retirement in North Bergen, expected to back Cabrera as successor

May 4, 2026 3:51 pmMay 4, 2026 4:36 pm

North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco has quietly informed close political allies that he is considering resigning early next year to put his preferred succession plan in place ahead of the May 2027 nonpartisan municipal election, the New Jersey Globe has...

In North Caldwell, it’s the Art of the Deal

March 24, 2026 3:39 pm

Democrats and Republicans in North Caldwell have cut a deal that will avoid the inconvenience of contested elections in 2026. The incumbent mayor, Josh Raymond, a Democrat, decided not to seek a second term. Republican Councilman Ken Tilton filed for...

Morris Democrats oust entire Dover Democratic Committee for disloyalty

March 20, 2026 9:33 amMarch 20, 2026 11:10 am

Claiming that Democratic leaders in Dover openly helped Republican Jack Ciattarelli in last year’s gubernatorial election, the full Morris County Democratic Committee has voted to remove all 24 elected members of the local Democratic county committee from office. The vote,...

GOP House candidate abstained on Trump vs. Harris

March 18, 2026 7:19 pmMarch 18, 2026 7:29 pm

Sean Kirrane, the Republican organization pick to take on Rep. Josh Gottheimer in New Jersey’s 5th district, didn’t vote at all in the 2024 presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Voting records show that Kirrane registered to vote...

Was a New Jersey special election the canary in the coal mine for Democrats?

March 12, 2026 8:17 pmMarch 13, 2026 12:39 pm

In a town where Republicans usually measure victory by how large the margin is, not whether they win, the results of a special election in Oakland on Tuesday could portend big trouble for down-ballot GOP candidates in the November midterm...