Kevin McCabe Archives - New Jersey Globe

Middlesex Dems ends one-man/one-woman county committee rule

February 5, 2020 9:44 amFebruary 5, 2020 11:23 am

Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin McCabe decided last week that the county organization will no longer require county committee candidates to run under a specific gender identification, creating a path for non-binary candidates to seek party office. That ends the...

Tarbous enters race for Middlesex county clerk

January 24, 2020 2:05 pm

Herb Tarbous, a progressive activist from Piscataway, will seek the Democratic nomination for Middlesex county clerk on a platform of eliminating organization lines in primary elections. Elaine Flynn announced this week that she will not seek re-election to a sixth...

Middlesex county clerk Elaine Flynn to retire

January 22, 2020 8:55 pm

Middlesex County Clerk Elaine Flynn will not seek re-election to a sixth term. Flynn defeated incumbent Dennis Little, the last Republican to hold countywide office in Middlesex, with 61% of the vote in 1995. “It has been my great privilege...

Deal in place to end fight for Dem state chairman

December 17, 2019 4:28 pmDecember 18, 2019 11:22 am

A deal is in place to avoid a vote in the hotly contested race for Democratic State Chairman, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Incumbent John Currie would get eighteen more months as state chairman and then step down, with...

Monmouth fundraiser draws top Democrats

August 7, 2019 11:43 pmAugust 8, 2019 10:57 am

A fundraiser for Monmouth County Democrats drew numerous top Democrats to a country club in Neptune despite storms that harried the state Wednesday night. “Here, what you’ve done is incredible,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) told the crowd. “Flipping close to...

McCabe wins big in re-election bid

June 13, 2019 9:52 pmJune 14, 2019 12:11 am

Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin McCabe was easily re-elected tonight, defeating Herb Tarbous in his bid to keep the post he’s held since 2013 as head of one of the state’s most powerful county organizations. Vice chair Beatrice Moskowitz was...

Middlesex-Monmouth alliance in spotlight with joint fundraiser tonight

May 9, 2019 3:31 pm

The tight relationship between Democrats in Middlesex and Monmouth counties – something that likely impacts the race for Democratic state chairman later this year – will be on display tonight at a joint fundraiser to benefit the re-election campaign of...