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Judge allows Mercer Democratic chair to proceed

July 28, 2020 4:50 pmJuly 28, 2020 9:03 pm

Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson has ruled that tonight’s election for Mercer County Democratic Chair by telephone may go on. Jacobson said that allowing the vote to go on would not cause irreparable harm. “I’m not comfortable finding a...

Judge will hear bid to delay tonight’s Mercer Dem chair vote today

July 28, 2020 11:26 amJuly 28, 2020 11:53 am

A Superior Court Judge will hear arguments for a temporary restraining order to stop tonight’s election for Mercer County Democratic Chairman at 3 PM. The election between incumbent Janice Mironov and challenger David Schroth is scheduled for 6 PM this...

Judge rejects bid to force progressives to pay legal fees on petition challenge

June 17, 2020 6:03 pm

A Superior Court Judge today rejected a bid by four county clerks and the Camden County Democratic Organization to recover legal fees they spent defending a lawsuit filed by progressives trying to get on the ballot in some South Jersey...

South Jersey wants progressive challengers to pay legal fees

April 23, 2020 9:50 pmApril 24, 2020 12:10 pm

Four county clerks and the Camden County Democratic organization want to recoup legal fees after South Jersey progressives suddenly dropped their lawsuit seeking to reverse the rejection of their nominating petitions. Now some of the candidates who filed to run...

South Jersey progressives drop lawsuit on petitions

April 23, 2020 11:54 amApril 23, 2020 6:23 pm

A group of South Jersey progressive candidates who had sought to challenge Democratic organization candidates in Camden, Cape May and Gloucester counties have withdrawn a lawsuit seeking to have the rejection of their nominating petitions reversed. Christopher Orlando, the Camden...

Quiñones Perez can’t deliver Hunterdon votes in state chairman race

October 1, 2019 1:20 amOctober 1, 2019 11:33 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez, who single-handedly reignited the race for Democratic State Chairman by convening a secret meeting to consider an alternative to incumbent John Currie, may not control any votes in the race. Six sources with...

Murphy says he got EDA task force report at 9:52 pm Monday

June 18, 2019 3:52 pmJune 19, 2019 1:01 pm

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with comment from Darryl Isherwood at 1:01 p.m. Gov. Phil Murphy said he did not receive a report drafted by the task force he convened to investigate abuses of tax incentives meted out by...