Mauro Tucci Archives - New Jersey Globe

They won’t ever say it, but everyone wants to be mayor of Nutley

April 18, 2024 5:05 pmApril 18, 2024 5:06 pm

The May 13 non-partisan municipal election will be a rematch of sorts, with seven candidates seeking five seats on the Township Commission – and with the usual friendly, yet underground race for mayor, a post that traditionally goes to the...

DiVincenzo, Essex mayors, back Murphy borrowing plan

May 30, 2020 2:17 pm

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy’s $9 billion borrowing plan and has brought seventeen mayors along with him — a politically significant show of force that bolsters the six-month-old alliance between Essex and the governor. DiVincenzo...

Ballots of deceased voters pulled before final Nutley count

May 18, 2020 2:34 pm

One of the legendary lines about New Jersey politics came from the late Gov. Brendan Byrne, who often said he wanted to be buried in Hudson County so that he could “remain active in politics” – a tip of the...

After Nutley tie, Scarpelli and Tucci will each take two years as mayor

May 18, 2020 9:48 amMay 18, 2020 10:47 am

By immovable local tradition, the top vote-getter for Nutley’s five Board of Commissioners seats becomes mayor for four years, but that custom became more complicated on Friday when Joseph Scarpelli and Mauro Tucci tied with 4,586 votes each. Scarpelli told...

Scarpelli, Tucci tie in Nutley, leaving mayor post up for grabs

May 15, 2020 6:53 pmMay 15, 2020 7:43 pm

A final count in Nutley leaves Mayor Joseph Scarpelli and Commissioner Mauro Tucci in a tie for first place in a town where the top vote-getter gets to become the mayor. Scarpelli led Tucci on Tuesday by 19 votes, but...

Huge number of new ballots hit Essex County today

May 13, 2020 11:00 pmMay 15, 2020 9:03 am

Thousands of new votes have come in from Essex County since Tuesday afternoon that could change the outcome of several key municipal races conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. In Montclair, where Sean Spiller led...

Highlights of Tuesdays’ all-VBM elections

May 13, 2020 1:55 am

Several key contests in New Jersey’s first election conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots remain undecided, including council races in Paterson and Irvington where allegations of tampering have delayed counts. The May 12 election included a referendum to change the form...