James LaCorte Archives - New Jersey Globe

LaCorte blows past McCormick in Union Surrogate primary

June 5, 2019 2:17 am

Union County Surrogate James S. LaCorte won a landslide victory for renomination to a fifth term in the Democratic primary, defeating perennial candidate Lisa McCormick by a 65%-35% margin. LaCorte won by 4,302 votes and was the top vote-getter in...

Three Union Dem freeholder slates file to anchor local fights

April 1, 2019 5:00 pmApril 1, 2019 5:47 pm

Three full slates of freeholder candidates filed for the Democratic primary in Union County, anchoring several challenges for county committee seats. Incumbents Bette Jane Kowalski, Sergio Granados and Rebecca Williams will run on the Union County Democratic organization slate backed...

Peter Kane, Glenn Gelband will be GOP freeholder candidates in Union

March 22, 2019 5:07 pmMarch 22, 2019 5:09 pm

Union County Republicans will run Peter Kane and Glenn Gelband for freeholder against Democratic incumbents Bette Jane Kowalski, Sergio Granados and Rebecca Williams. “We’re going with a two-candidate strategy,” said Glenn Mortimer, the GOP county chairman. Kane is the president...

LaCorte will run again in Union

January 22, 2019 2:33 pm

James LaCorte will seek a fifth term as Union County Surrogate. “I intend to seek re-election,” LaCorte told the New Jersey Globe. Republicans have not won a countywide election in Union County since 1995 and have not won a race...

Farewell to Ray Lesniak

January 9, 2018 12:55 am

Raymond Lesniak cast his final vote in Trenton on Monday – the final chapter of a 40-year career in the New Jersey Legislature. The current generation knows him as a progressive leader; older people like me also recall, with approbation,...