Matt Clarkin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Draeger will replace Duarte as Morris Democratic chair

June 13, 2025 11:45 amJune 13, 2025 5:42 pm

Morris County Democratic Chair Amalia Duarte will not seek re-election and is expected to be replaced by Darcy Draeger, a highly-regarded sheep farmer from Chester who ran two hugely competitive campaigns for a State Assembly seat in a Republican legislative...

Clarkin won’t seek Morris Dem post

April 27, 2022 8:58 am

Parsippany Democratic Municipal Chairman Matt Clarkin will not be a candidate for Morris County Democratic Chairman in a special election next month. Clarkin had filed a letter of intent to run for the open seat of Chip Robinson, who announced...

Soriano will seek re-election in Parsippany

January 4, 2021 8:08 am

Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano announced today that he will seek re-election to a second term to helm Morris County’s largest municipality. Cori Herbig and Judy Hernandez will run for township council on a ticket with Soriano. They will replace Janice...

Millennials for NJ touts success in 2019

November 7, 2019 11:59 am

Seven candidates endorsed by Millennials for NJ, a political action committee formed this year to elect young Democrats to public office won their races on Tuesday. The marquis win is Jeff Martin, who ousted two-term Republican Kelly Yaede to become...

Parsippany Democrats pick challengers in control election

March 24, 2019 12:14 pmMarch 25, 2019 12:00 am

Democrats won the crown jewel of Morris County politics in 2017 when Michael Soriano ousted Jamie Barbiero to win the Parsippany mayoral race. Now control of the township council is at stake in Morris County’s most populated municipality, which has...