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Arango re-elected Hudson GOP Chairman

June 24, 2025 7:19 pmJune 25, 2025 1:20 pm

Hudson County GOP Chairman Jose Arango was re-elected tonight without opposition to a post he’s held since 2000. Arango, a former assemblyman, is the longest-serving Republican county chairman in the state. He first served in 1989, and again since 2000. ...

Will West Windsor voters ditch their nonpartisan elections?

October 24, 2024 1:02 pmOctober 24, 2024 5:33 pm

As voters across the country choose candidates with a D or R next to their names, West Windsor residents are voting to decide whether to let their local candidates run under a party banner. The Mercer County town counts itself...

Murphy to name three new Port Authority commissioners, O’Toole to remain chairman

April 14, 2021 1:50 pmApril 17, 2021 1:01 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate three new commissioners to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as part of a deal that allows Kevin O’Toole to remain as chairman of the powerful bi-state agency. Murphy will end a...

Round 2: The Special Election for Mayor of Jersey City

March 17, 2018 4:04 pmMarch 19, 2018 8:32 am

Editor’s Note: Read Round 1 first. After Steve Fulop’s imaginary congressional run – he says he’s not a candidate for Albio Sires’ seat, but whatever – and after the City Council figures out who will fill a short ten-month stint...

The Republican screw up that made Menendez Mayor

March 13, 2018 2:02 amMarch 14, 2018 2:16 am

The success of Bob Menendez’s political career might be because of bad staff work. The story starts in 1976, when Hudson County gave Jimmy Carter a paltry 23,605 vote margin against Gerald Ford. Assembly Speaker Joseph LeFante (D-Bayonne), largely blamed...