John Harrington Archives - New Jersey Globe

Carty denies backing Mount Holly fire candidate, contradicting candidate’s wife

August 21, 2026 9:37 am

Controversial political operative Jason Carty is denying that he is involved in the Mount Holly fire commissioner’s race, even though the wife of candidate Tom Rossell publicly said Carty is helping her husband get elected. Carty, the suspended Mount Holly...

Judge keeps Mount Holly fire candidate on ballot despite missing email address

August 20, 2026 4:42 pmAugust 20, 2026 8:34 pm

A Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that a Mount Holly fire commissioner candidate may remain on the November ballot despite failing to provide a campaign email address on his original nominating petition. Judge John Harrington found that Tom Rossell’s omission...

Ballot lawsuit asks if missing email should sink fire commissioner candidate

August 14, 2026 2:52 pm

A Burlington County judge will likely decide next week what may be the ultimate election-law technicality: whether a candidate should be tossed from the ballot because he failed to provide an email address on his nominating petition. The law says...

Judge rejects last-minute attempt to block Shamong special referendum

December 8, 2025 5:11 pm

A judge rejected a last-minute effort to thwart a referendum on a $25 million school renovation project in Shamong that will be voted on Tuesday. Superior Court Judge John Harrington heard a challenge Monday to a special school board referendum...

Judge seems ready to order Mount Holly runoff

November 27, 2024 11:31 pmNovember 28, 2024 12:10 pm

Superior Court Judge John Harrington strongly hinted that he was ready to order a runoff election in Mount Holly, appearing convinced that the township’s old runoff law had never been repealed. “That’s the logical thing that makes sense to me,”...

Mount Holly runoff question exposes flaws in N.J. election laws

November 25, 2024 10:18 amNovember 25, 2024 10:42 am

The fourth-place finisher in a field of nine candidates for three Mount Holly Township Council seats, Sayke Reilley, will be back in court this week, arguing that an old runoff law was never repealed, and that the top six candidates...

Some Essex school board candidates not permitted to withdraw even though ballots were not printed

September 26, 2024 9:02 pm

School board candidates in Livingston and Millburn sought to remove their names from the general election ballot on September 4 after deciding to drop out of the race, but Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner denied their request without holding a...