Joann Candido Archives - New Jersey Globe

Petition challenge causes independent to drop NJ-5 bid

June 11, 2024 12:34 pmJune 16, 2024 6:18 pm

Lou Vellucci has withdrawn from the race for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district after a challenge to his nominating petitions left him under the 100 needed to remain on the ballot. The Bergen County Republican Organization challenged Vellucci’s petition,...

Gene Mazo survives petition challenge in NJ-10 special election

May 15, 2024 2:42 pm

Eugene Mazo, a Rutgers law professor with a penchant for filing for political office in order to test out state election laws, has just barely survived a challenge to his nominating petitions for the special election in New Jersey’s 10th...

Bedoya disavows QAnon, says slogan on business card was a mistake

April 6, 2023 10:00 amApril 6, 2023 1:23 pm

Robert Bedoya, a Republican Assembly candidate in the 37th district whose petition signatures are the subject of an ongoing battle, said today that he is not a follower of the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and that the presence of a...

QAnon Assembly candidate back on ballot after judge reconsiders ruling

April 4, 2023 2:46 pmApril 4, 2023 5:00 pm

Robert Bedoya, a Republican Assembly candidate in the 37th legislative district who was disqualified last week for insufficient signatures, is now back on the ballot after Administrative Law Judge Joann Candido reconsidered her previous decision. Bedoya’s petitions were challenged by...

LD37 Republican Assembly candidate tossed off ballot following challenge from running mate

March 31, 2023 12:04 pm

Republicans in the solidly Democratic 37th legislative district will only have two names appear on the June primary ballot after an Assembly candidate, Robert Bedoya, was booted off the ballot this morning thanks to a petition challenge from his own...

Varela booted from Democratic primary ballot in NJ-8

April 12, 2022 3:43 pmApril 13, 2022 9:25 am

After a marathon 16-hour hearing that stretched across two days, an administrative law judge has determined that entrepreneur Brian Varela does not have enough valid signatures to be a Democratic candidate in the 8th congressional district. Varela originally submitted 589...