Joseph Ripa Archives - New Jersey Globe

Even without the line, Camden Democratic machine coasts to victory

June 4, 2024 11:05 pm

The Camden County Democratic machine survived the abolishment of the county organization line and the extinction of Ballot Siberia without much difficulty, as their slate of candidates scored victories over an anti-machine progressive slate. Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D-Cherry Hill) won...

Here are the most important results from the New Jersey ballot draw

April 4, 2024 5:31 pmApril 5, 2024 8:37 am

Today was the New Jersey ballot draw, in which the state’s 21 county clerks determined via random drawings where candidates for office in the June 4 primary will appear on voters’ ballots. And on the Democratic side, it was a...

What N.J. candidates said and did today

September 19, 2022 5:09 pm

50 days until Election Day. 53 congressional hopefuls on New Jersey’s ballots. Here’s what New Jersey’s candidates were up to today. Gottheimer takes pro-abortion stand in Hackensack At an event in Hackensack today, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) fiercely advocated for...

Ripa tosses third slate of commissioner candidates off Camden ballot

April 14, 2022 10:00 am

The so-called phantom candidates for Camden County Commissioner are off the ballot for the June primary, leaving a two-way race between the organization-backed incumbents, Edward McConnell and Carmen Rodriguez, and a rival slate backed by South Jersey Progressive Democrats. County...

South Jersey wants progressive challengers to pay legal fees

April 23, 2020 9:50 pmApril 24, 2020 12:10 pm

Four county clerks and the Camden County Democratic organization want to recoup legal fees after South Jersey progressives suddenly dropped their lawsuit seeking to reverse the rejection of their nominating petitions. Now some of the candidates who filed to run...

Kate Delany elected Collingswood Dem chair

June 11, 2019 8:15 pmJune 11, 2019 8:23 pm

Collingswood Democrats elected Kate Delany as the new municipal chair at their reorganization meeting Monday night, nearly a week after a group of progressive Democrats swept sixteen seats in an off-the-line race for county committee. The Democrats of Camden County...

Norcross’ Camden Dems easily win primary against progressive rebels

June 5, 2019 6:29 amJune 5, 2019 7:51 am

In Camden County, it was the Empire Strikes Back with George Norcross as Darth Vader. In the first test of electoral strength since the tax credits story broke, the Camden County Democratic organization scored massive victories on Tuesday against the...