John Lane Archives - New Jersey Globe

Monmouth Dem sheriff candidate may be off ballot for not meeting residency requirement

April 11, 2022 12:01 amApril 11, 2022 10:59 am

Monmouth County Democrats may have lost their candidate for sheriff after Manuel Caravela was disqualified for failing to meet a statutory residency requirement. Caravela, a former Bridgewater police chief, became a casualty of a little-known state law that requires candidates...

Where local races stand in Passaic County

November 12, 2021 3:06 pm

Bloomingdale Democratic Mayor John D’Amato won re-election unopposed, but Democrats in the Bloomingdale Borough Council were not so fortunate. Democratic Councilman John Graziano narrowly came in first with 25.58% of the vote, while Republican Evelyn Schubert is immediately behind him...

Lane elected as mayor of Hawthorne

November 3, 2021 12:01 am

The New Jersey Globe can project that Republican Councilman John Lane has been elected as mayor of Hawthorne, defeating Democratic Councilman Joseph Wojtecki. Wojtecki previously lost a Hawthorne mayoral election in 2008. Incumbent mayor Richard Goldberg, a Republican who’s run...

Eleven New Jersey mayor’s races to watch on Tuesday

November 2, 2021 12:01 amNovember 2, 2021 8:52 pm

The most closely-watched mayoral race of 2021 is not even that competitive: Steve Fulop is the odds-on favorite to win a third term as the mayor of Jersey City against political newcomer Lewis Spears. What’s at stake for Fulop is...