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GOP wins county offices in Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, Warren

November 7, 2023 11:43 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:10 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that Republicans have held onto their countyiwde offices in seven staunchly Republican counties: Cape May, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren. Cape May Republicans in one of New Jersey’s reddest counties swept races tonight...

Another seven Superior Court judges confirmed as spring session approaches end

June 26, 2023 3:09 pmJune 27, 2023 3:36 pm

The New Jersey State Senate confirmed seven new Superior Court judges today, likely representing the final Superior Court nominations the Senate will consider before the legislature’s spring voting session ends this Friday. Three of those nominees are prominent names who...

Cape May Republicans hold three countywide offices

November 8, 2022 10:31 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Republicans have swept three countywide races in Cape May County, meaning that Jeff Van Drew, now a GOP congressman, remains the last Democrat to win a countywide election in New Jersey’s southernmost county. Voters...

Cape May GOP taps Bulakowski for county commissioner

March 14, 2022 10:50 pm

Cape May County Republicans picked Andy Bulakowski, a county planning board member and a senior representative of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, to run for county commissioner. Bulakowski will replace Gerald Thornton, who announced last week that...

After 39 years in office, Thornton set to retire as Cape May County Commissioner

March 10, 2022 8:10 pmMarch 10, 2022 8:46 pm

Gerald Thornton, who has spent nearly 39 years as a Cape County Commissioner, will not seek re-election. The 81-year-old Thornton was first elected in 1975 and was re-elected three times. Party officials say the leading candidate to replace Thornton is...

Cape May GOP officials back Van Drew party switch

December 14, 2019 6:57 pmDecember 14, 2019 7:01 pm

Five countywide officials in Cape May County welcomed Rep. Jeff Van Drew into the Republican party, splitting with GOP County Chairman Marcus Karavan. Freeholders Gerald Thornton, Leonard Desiderio and Jeffrey Pierson, Clerk Rita Fulginiti and Sheriff Bob Nolan said the...

Thornton, Hayes running together despite censure

October 28, 2019 9:42 pm

A censure issued to Cape May County Freeholder Marie Hayes earlier this year hasn’t left a lasting rift between her and Freeholder Gerald Thornton, “That’s been resolved,” Thornton said of the conflict stemming from the censure. “That’s been over for...