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McClellan, Simonsen bullish on Cumberland GOP as Democrats eye county takeover

October 15, 2026 4:53 pmOctober 15, 2026 5:42 pm

Assemblymen Antwan McClellan (R-Ocean City) and Erik Simonsen (R-Lower) predict a strong Republican showing in Cumberland County, where Democrats need to flip just one commissioner seat to regain control of county government in a midterm election that political forecasters expect...

Cumberland County goes all GOP, a major win for Testa

November 7, 2023 11:58 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:09 am

Republicans picked up three county commissioner seats in Cumberland County tonight, giving them a 7-0 majority and continued control of county government for at least two more years. Democratic Commissioner John Capizola and his running mates, educator LaRae Hilda Smith...

Pearson lead expand by 43 in close Cumberland freeholder race

November 11, 2020 8:14 am

Democrat Donna Pearson expanded her lead by 43 votes on Tuesday and is now 1,637 votes ahead of Republican Victoria Lods in a close race for a seat on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders. Pearson, a former freeholder attempting...

Democrats still lead in Cumberland freeholder race, but one Republican staying alive

November 9, 2020 9:43 amNovember 9, 2020 2:32 pm

The race for seats on the Cumberland County Board of Freeholders remains close in what might be the slowest-counting place in New Jersey. After just 2,601 ballots were counted on Sunday, there are still about 8,000 vote-by-mail ballots and around...

Testa makes a play for Cumberland’s freeholder board

September 11, 2020 11:51 amSeptember 13, 2020 1:29 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa is making a play for control of his home county. With Democrats holding a broad but not insurmountable 6-1 majority on Cumberland County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders, Testa, the county’s Republican chairman, is hoping a bevy...

Cumberland’s Democratic freeholder race too close to call

July 8, 2020 1:42 amJuly 8, 2020 5:56 am

The Democratic race for Cumberland County Surrogate is too close to call. Freeholders Carol Musso and George Castellini, who are running on the party line, lead along with former freeholder Donna Pearson, who served two terms on the Board of...