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Rendo endorses Pallotta for Congress

April 3, 2020 11:27 am

Woodcliff Lake mayor Carlos Rendo has endorsed Frank Pallotta for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district. Rendo was the GOP candidate for Lt. Governor in 2017. “I am supporting Frank Pallotta for Congress because he is...

McCann, Mehta gets Bergen GOP line

April 2, 2020 2:21 pmApril 3, 2020 8:39 am

Bergen County Republicans have awarded their organization line for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district to John McCann, a former Cresskill councilman who is making his second bid to unseat Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff). The line for U.S. Senate will...

Thanks to congressional races, Democratic primary for Bergen freeholder

March 31, 2020 9:58 pmMarch 31, 2020 11:15 pm

Six Democrats have filed for two seats on the Bergen County Board of Freeholders, setting up a primary forced by off-the-line congressional challengers seeking to avoid ballot Siberia. Incumbent Joan Voss and her running mate, Ridgewood Mayor Ramon Hache, will...

Trump picks his New Jersey delegates

March 31, 2020 12:12 amMarch 31, 2020 1:22 am

Former Gov. Chris Christie will head Donald Trump’s slate of 46 New Jersey delegates to the Republican National Convention, according to a list of candidates designated by the Trump-Pence campaign. New Jersey has ten at-large delegates elected statewide, and each...

Glidden drops out of race for Congress

March 25, 2020 4:33 pm

Closter Mayor John Glidden has ended his bid to unseat Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) in New Jersey’s 5th district. “We don’t see a path to the nomination,” he said. “We just got in it too late.” Glidden decided to seek...

Bergen GOP undecided about awarding organization line

March 23, 2020 8:45 pm

The Bergen County Republican convention was supposed to be tonight, but the coronavirus-related cancellation has left some uncertainty about awarding the organization line. “I don’t think we’ll be able to pull off a convention.,” Bergen GOP chairman Jack Zisa said. ...

Bergen GOP postpones county committee elections until next year

March 23, 2020 12:55 pm

Bergen County Republicans will not hold county committee elections this year and instead will postpone party elections until June 2021, county chairman Jack Zisa announced today. Zisa said he made the decision “ after consultation with the Republican State Committee and...