Lourdes Leon Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

Victim of Elizabeth school board war returns as a freeholder candidate

February 6, 2020 11:57 amFebruary 6, 2020 12:56 pm

The political wars at the Elizabeth Board of Education for much of the last 20 years were among the most toxic in the state, as allies of Mayor Christian Bollwage and then-State Sen. Raymond Lesniak battled with a group aligned...

Leon gets Union Dem nod for freeholder

February 5, 2020 4:24 pm

Union County Democrats have picked Lourdes Leon, a former public school principal from Elizabeth, to run on their organization line for freeholder. Leon will replace Angel Estrada, who is not seeking re-election to an eighth term after 21 years on...

Scutari supporters ask Judge for relief

February 14, 2018 5:28 pm

A group of Democrats are asking a Superior Court Judge to order acting Union County Democratic Chair Colleen Mahr to follow party rules in next week’s special election for county chairman. The Democrats – all county committee members supporting State...