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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...

Camden Dems building huge lead in vote-by-mail ballots

June 4, 2019 12:07 pm

Camden County voters have cast nearly 7,000 vote-by-mail ballots so far, creating the possibility that the VBM totals will exceed the machine vote for the first time. Sources with knowledge of the VBM tallies say that the Camden County Democratic...

Margulis wants Grewal to probe Camden Clerk

May 28, 2019 3:09 pm

A candidate for Camden County Clerk wants the Attorney General to investigate the disqualification of nominating petitions for the June 4 Democratic primary. Rena Margulis, who is challenging incumbent Joseph Ripa for the Democratic nomination, alleges that deputy county clerk...

Anti-organization candidate in Camden is a federal prosecutor in Philadelphia

April 12, 2019 2:47 pmApril 12, 2019 6:51 pm

In circumstances that are unusual but permissible, a federal prosecutor who works for the office that wiretapped George Norcross’ phones is among a group of progressive activists challenging the Camden County Democratic machine in the June 4 primary election. Judith...

Bumped Camden slate asks judge to restore ballot positon

April 11, 2019 6:05 pmApril 12, 2019 9:32 am

Two candidates for Camden County freeholder have filed a lawsuit after being knocked off the ballot in the June Democratic primary. The Camden County Clerk’s office refused to certify the petition of Jerome Taylor, Sr. and Jennifer O’Donnell for freeholder...