Lorraine Pellegrine Archives - New Jersey Globe

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Bergen County in 2026

August 5, 2026 6:52 amAugust 4, 2026 8:40 pm

For generations, Bergen County was the place where Republican statewide campaigns lived or died. Before Chris Christie rewrote New Jersey’s electoral map in 2009 by running up enormous margins in the fast-growing Republican counties of Ocean, Monmouth and Morris –...

Caramagna quits as Democratic municipal chairman

September 24, 2019 9:37 pm

Francesco Caramagna has resigned his post as Elmwood Park Democratic Municipal Chairman and has been replaced for now by Vice Chair Sandy Balistrieri, a councilwoman. Caramagna resigned as mayor in April after the Bergen County Prosecutor charged him with election...

Dombrowski eyes mayoral race in Elmwood Park

June 3, 2019 11:28 am

Elmwood Park Councilman Joseph Dombrowski plans to seek the Democratic nomination for mayor, assuming former mayor Francesco Caramagna quits the race after tomorrow’s primary election. Caramagna resigned as mayor in April after being charged with election tampering. The Bergen County...

Ex-Elmwood Park mayor wants wife to get council seat

May 28, 2019 7:00 pmMay 28, 2019 7:00 pm

Francesco Caramagna, who resigned as mayor of Elmwood Park last month after being charged with election tampering, is pushing Democrats to put his wife into an open borough council seat, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The Elmwood Park Democratic...

Giandomenico wants new elections, says four Elmwood Park council members should resign

April 30, 2019 8:47 amApril 30, 2019 9:42 am

The day after the Bergen County prosecutor accused the Elmwood Park mayor of tampering with the 2017 and 2018 elections, a Republican candidate for mayor wants four members of the borough council to resign so that voters can fill the...