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Where local races stand in Morris County

November 11, 2021 12:05 pm

Boonton Town In four races for the Boonton Town Council, Democrats held onto one seat and Republicans held onto three, one of them by a narrow margin. In Ward 1, Republican John Meehan, who previously defeated incumbent Councilman Ed Robillard...

Eleven New Jersey mayor’s races to watch on Tuesday

November 2, 2021 12:01 amNovember 2, 2021 8:52 pm

The most closely-watched mayoral race of 2021 is not even that competitive: Steve Fulop is the odds-on favorite to win a third term as the mayor of Jersey City against political newcomer Lewis Spears. What’s at stake for Fulop is...

Operating Engineers back Republican for Parsippany mayor

September 29, 2021 12:39 pmSeptember 29, 2021 3:40 pm

The Operating Engineers Local 825 is taking sides in some Morris County races, backing Republicans for the legislature in the 25th district and county commissioner, and a GOP challenger for mayor of Parsippany. The union, which has a reputation for...

Top Democrat told Graham to stop using their super PAC in Parsippany, but he was turned down

September 23, 2021 4:45 pmSeptember 23, 2021 5:07 pm

In a move that may be more about landing a lucrative public insurance contract than about political ideology, a Washington-based super PAC with close ties to a prominent New Jersey Democrat has started spending money to help a Republican win...

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...

Parsippany Democrats pick challengers in control election

March 24, 2019 12:14 pmMarch 25, 2019 12:00 am

Democrats won the crown jewel of Morris County politics in 2017 when Michael Soriano ousted Jamie Barbiero to win the Parsippany mayoral race. Now control of the township council is at stake in Morris County’s most populated municipality, which has...

Parsippany GOP Council members running on one ticket

February 27, 2019 10:47 pm

Rival Republican Council members in Parsippany announced they would run on a single ticket two years after Democrats won the town’s mayorship and two council seats. Councilman Mike dePierro, Council President Paul Carifi, Jr. and Councilwoman Loretta Gragnani will put...