Mary Melfi Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ex-congressional candidate will run for Hunterdon county commissioner

March 23, 2026 6:07 amMarch 23, 2026 11:06 am

Jason Blazakis, a former U.S. Department of State official who briefly ran for Congress in 2024, will seek the Democratic nomination for Hunterdon County Commissioner. He wants to oppose Republican Shaun Van Doren, the incumbent since 2017. A counterterrorism and...

N.J. county clerks were on the front lines of this year’s ballot drama. How did they fare?

June 26, 2024 12:30 pmJuly 13, 2024 10:01 am

When Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) filed his lawsuit earlier this year asking a judge to strike down the county line, the unique New Jersey primary ballot design system that favors party-endorsed candidates, it was the state’s county clerks who were...

Four county clerks say Kim’s anti-line lawsuit is too late

February 28, 2024 12:55 pmFebruary 28, 2024 9:54 pm

Four county clerks have a clear message for Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) as he tries to get a federal judge to nullify New Jersey’s county line system: you’re too late. The bipartisan set of clerks – Hunterdon County Clerk Mary...

Legislature moves full steam ahead on anti-Shaun Golden bill

May 18, 2023 2:39 pmMay 18, 2023 3:04 pm

A bill to prohibit county constitutional officers from also serving as county party chairs – a distinction that, at least right now, falls exclusively to Monmouth County Sheriff and GOP chairman Shaun Golden – passed two legislative committees today on...

Supplemental ELEC funding begins progressing through legislature

May 11, 2023 3:08 pmMay 11, 2023 3:08 pm

A month after the Elections Transparency Act substantially reshaped the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), the Assembly State and Local Government Committee approved a new bill today that would boost ELEC’s budget by nearly 30%, from $5.5 million...

Hunterdon countywide electeds back Kean for Congress

November 11, 2021 1:32 pmNovember 11, 2021 5:06 pm

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) unveiled endorsements today from seven Republican Hunterdon County countywide officeholders for his second campaign in the 7th congressional district. The septet – County Clerk Mary Melfi, Sheriff Fred Brown, and Commissioners Susan...

Soloway, Holt file for re-election

April 6, 2021 10:59 amApril 6, 2021 11:43 am

Hunterdon County Commissioners Susan Soloway and Matt Holt have filed to run for re-election. “Our conservative fiscal philosophy pays dividends for the taxpayers. I am proud of the fact that the county tax rate has remained frozen throughout my entire...