Luis Quintana Archives - New Jersey Globe

Silva endorsed by three Newark councilmen

June 6, 2022 9:39 amJune 6, 2022 9:40 am

Mike Silva unveiled three new endorsements today in the runoff election for the Newark City Council’s East Ward: Council President (and former mayor) Luis Quintana, Councilman At-Large Carlos Gonzalez, and North Ward Councilman Anibal Ramos. “As a native son of...

Baraka’s at-large council slate wins unopposed in Newark

May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that four at-large candidates for Newark City Council – incumbents Carlos Gonzalez, Luis Quintana, and Larry Crump and newcomer Louise Scott-Rountree – have been elected unopposed. All four ran on the slate of Mayor Ras...

A look ahead at May’s municipal elections

January 21, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 1, 2022 10:14 am

It’s always election season in New Jersey. This May, voters in many of New Jersey’s biggest municipalities, as well as some of its smallest, will hold municipal elections to determine who will lead their towns for the next four years....

Tucci re-elected chairman of utility authority

May 5, 2020 2:02 pmMay 5, 2020 4:32 pm

For the third time since Gov. Phil Murphy’s ill-fated attempt to take over the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission in early 2018, Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, has been re-elected to the chairmanship without opposition. That could...

Mike Carson, legendary Newark North Ward GOP leader, dies at 65

November 20, 2019 2:42 pm

Michael Carson, the beloved Newark North Ward Republican Municipal Chairman for 27 years who had close friends on both sides of the aisle, died on November 17. He was 65. Carson was a lifelong North Ward resident who became active...

Ruiz stumping for Booker in New Hampshire today

May 22, 2019 11:33 amMay 22, 2019 11:38 am

Senate President Pro-Tempore Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) is heading to New Hampshire this morning where she will open Cory Booker’s Nashua campaign office. This is Ruiz’s first trip outside New Jersey as a surrogate for Booker’s presidential campaign. The charismatic four-term...

Tom Tucci re-elected PVSC chairman

May 8, 2019 12:13 pmMay 5, 2020 1:37 pm

Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission yesterday. Tucci’s 6-0 win comes one year after the Murphy administration became involved in a contested race for vice chair and...