Leonard Desiderio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Incumbent loses in Sea Isle City

May 13, 2025 10:41 pmMay 13, 2025 10:56 pm

A slate of council candidates backed by longtime Sea Isle City Mayor Leonard C. Desiderio won two of the three seats in today’s non-partisan municipal election, but one incumbent appears to have lost re-election. Michael Jargowski, a retired police captain...

Desiderio wins reelection to Cape May commission

November 5, 2024 9:29 pm

Leonard Desiderio won reelection to Cape May’s county commission Tuesday — the outcome was a foregone conclusion, as no Democrat had bothered to run against him. Desiderio has served as a commissioner since 2002 and as mayor of Sea Isle...

Cape May GOP comes in strong for Bashaw’s Senate campaign

February 2, 2024 10:05 amFebruary 2, 2024 5:08 pm

A huge contingent of Republican party leaders and elected officials in Cape May County have endorsed real estate developer Curtis Bashaw in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, giving the Cape May City resident an early political base in New...

Candidates win local races uncontested in six towns

May 9, 2023 8:01 pmMay 10, 2023 12:52 am

Of the 13 towns that held nonpartisan municipal elections today, six of them featured uncontested races. With polls now closed, the unopposed candidates in each town have been re-elected to another term. In South Orange, Village President Sheena Collum and...

A look at New Jersey’s 2023 May municipal elections

May 5, 2023 5:21 pmMay 8, 2023 12:45 pm

New Jersey’s third-most important Election Day is nearly here. The top spots, of course, go to the state’s June primary and November general elections. But next week’s May 9 local elections will still be consequential for the future of more...

Local candidates in three New Jersey towns sail to unopposed wins

May 11, 2021 8:26 pmMay 11, 2021 8:52 pm

Candidates for local office in three New Jersey towns won re-election unopposed Tuesday. In Sea Isle City, Council members J.B. Feeley, John Gibson and Mary Tighe won re-election. They’ll each serve another four-year term. It’ll be the second for Feeley,...

Cape May GOP officials back Van Drew party switch

December 14, 2019 6:57 pmDecember 14, 2019 7:01 pm

Five countywide officials in Cape May County welcomed Rep. Jeff Van Drew into the Republican party, splitting with GOP County Chairman Marcus Karavan. Freeholders Gerald Thornton, Leonard Desiderio and Jeffrey Pierson, Clerk Rita Fulginiti and Sheriff Bob Nolan said the...