Margaret McManus Archives - New Jersey Globe

Mapp endorses Scutari for county chairman

June 7, 2019 12:24 pmJune 7, 2019 12:29 pm

Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp has endorsed Nicholas Scutari for re-election as the Union County Democratic chairman. At this moment, there are no announced candidates to challenge Scutari. Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr, who ran against Scutari in March 2018, has not...

Two municipal chairs flip from Mahr to Scutari

June 6, 2019 11:00 pmJune 6, 2019 11:05 pm

Colleen Mahr is still mulling a rematch with Nick Scutari for Union County Democratic chair, but she’s already lost two of the municipal chairs who backed her when she ran sixteen months ago. The New Jersey Globe first reported this...

How Scutari won

March 6, 2018 9:37 amMarch 7, 2018 10:03 am

In the special election for Union County Democratic Chairman last month, Nicholas Scutari won in a landslide: 412 to 341 over Colleen Mahr. In a race where you can count all 753 possible votes, a ten-point win is decisive; often...

Union Dem chairs say they haven’t settled on Lance opponent

January 23, 2018 2:22 pm

Seven Democratic municipal chairs from Union County are denying speculation that they have settled on an organization candidate for Congress in the 7th district – a story that falls somewhere between accurate and false. The chairs – George Devanney of...