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Altman slams Hudson County for renewing ICE contract

November 25, 2020 2:42 pm

New Jersey Working Families slammed Hudson County’s all-Democratic Freeholder Board for approving a new contract to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in its county jail for up to 10 more years. “The Hudson County Board of Commissioners represented New...

Progressives came reasonably close in one Hudson freeholder race

July 23, 2020 1:16 pm

A closer-than-expected Democratic primary for Hudson County freeholder has left some local political observers wondering if a progressive strategy to challenge four other incumbents was an overreach that limited their chances to win one seat and break through a county...

Nine progressives form freeholder ticket against Hudson Democratic organization

March 31, 2020 2:10 am

A full slate of progressive candidates for Hudson County freeholder filed on Monday to challenge the slate endorsed by the county Democratic organization. It’s not immediately clear if Bernie Sanders plans to bracket with the opposition slate. Hudson County Democratic...

Hudson Dems pick slate without Torres

February 14, 2020 10:05 amFebruary 15, 2020 10:24 am

Hudson County Democrats are putting twelve of thirteen incumbents on their organization line in the June Democratic primary, but are not endorsing a candidate for president at this point. As first reported by the New Jersey Globe on February 7,...

Hudson freeholder to be replaced

February 7, 2020 11:51 amFebruary 7, 2020 3:44 pm

Hudson County Freeholder Joel Torres will not have party support for re-election to a second term, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Democrats have decided to replace Torres, the former president of the Jersey City Board of Education, with Yraida...