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Democrats hold onto 5-2 commissioner majority in Gloucester County

November 7, 2023 10:14 pmNovember 7, 2023 10:40 pm

Gloucester Democrats have successfully defended their 5-2 majority on the County Board of Commissioners against a deeply divided Gloucester County Republican Party, dealing another blow to local GOP organization that won two seats in 2021 but then lost a bid...

Vigilante opponents sue to force Gloucester GOP chair election this year

June 28, 2023 12:01 pm

Intra-party opponents of Gloucester County Republican Chair Jacci Vigilante filed a lawsuit yesterday to force Vigilante to hold a party reorganization meeting on July 10, arguing that Vigilante’s two-year term as chair is up and the party’s bylaws require a...

A tale of three county commissioner primaries

June 16, 2023 5:17 pmJune 25, 2023 8:07 am

County commissioner races are like the middle child of New Jersey politics. They don’t attract the same level of interest as, say, a race for Congress; at the same time, they’re not truly local in the way that a mayoral...

Off-the-line GOP candidates prevail in primary for Gloucester county offices

June 6, 2023 10:00 pmJune 6, 2023 10:32 pm

An off-the-line slate has won a close Republican primary for Gloucester County Surrogate and three county commissioner seats, dealing a serious blow to the county Republican organization, the New Jersey Globe projects. In the race for county commissioner, former Harrison...

What’s at stake in New Jersey’s ballot draw

April 5, 2023 5:06 pmApril 6, 2023 2:24 pm

Tomorrow, New Jersey will celebrate its most obscure yet consequential holiday: ballot drawing day, when county clerks conduct lotteries to determine the layout of primary ballots. Every slate that includes a contingent of county commissioner candidates has the ability to...

Gloucester County Republican Chair Jackie Vigilante. Photo courtesy of the Vigilante Law Firm.

Vigilante is new Gloucester GOP chairman

June 19, 2018 5:44 pmJune 19, 2018 7:24 pm

Citing time commitments, Jim Philbin resigned last week as the Gloucester County Republican Chairman. His replacement is Jackie Vigilante, a Mullica Hill attorney. Vigilante will serve the remaining year of Philbin’s unexpired term. Vigilante is a law partner of Niki Trunk,...