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Tai Cooper elected Union County Clerk in Democratic landslide

November 3, 2026 8:07 pmNovember 3, 2026 9:14 pm

Tahirah “Tai” Cooper was elected Union County clerk on Tuesday, becoming the first Black person to hold the office and succeeding Joanne Rajoppi, the legendary county clerk whose death in July ended a 53-year career in New Jersey politics and...

Scutari, Union County elected Dems coalesce behind Mapp for Congress

April 10, 2026 3:06 pm

The leader of the state Senate is officially taking sides in the race to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), joining other Union County Democrats to endorse Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp for Congress. Senate President Nicholas Scutari, also the Democratic...

Union County Democrats back Mapp for Watson Coleman’s House seat

February 8, 2026 4:41 pmFebruary 9, 2026 9:23 am

Union County Democrats today endorsed Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th district, a move that allows Mapp to use the county organization slogan on the ballot in the June primary. The endorsement came as no surprise,...

Dems hold county offices in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Union

November 7, 2023 9:59 pm

Democrats have retained control of countywide offices in Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties, all heavily Democratic counties that no one on either side of the aisle believed to be competitive, the New Jersey Globe projects. Among the...

Shaw leads Holley by 50 votes in Roselle mayoral primary

June 6, 2023 11:57 pmJune 7, 2023 3:18 am

Roselle Mayor Donald Shaw leads former Assemblyman Jamel Holley (D-Roselle), a vaccine skeptic and prominent backer of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign, in the Roselle Democratic mayoral primary by 50 votes, 51%-49%. With all election districts reporting, that likely...

Union progressives file ELEC complaint against party-backed county candidates, Elizabeth candidates

June 11, 2020 2:48 pm

The Progressive Democrats of Union County filed a complaint with the Election Law Enforcement Commission charging countywide Democrats backed by Union’s party organization and local candidates in Elizabeth violated campaign finance law by giving their respective joint committees the same...

Progressive slate files in Union County

March 30, 2020 8:12 pmMarch 31, 2020 11:37 am

A group of progressive activists are running a full slate of county candidates against the Union County Democratic organization in the June 2 primary election. Sean Smith is challenging county clerk Joanne Rajoppi, former Fanwood councilman Jack Molenaar is taking...