Michael Dressler Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ex-Oakland mayor seeking support for Bergen Surrogate

February 4, 2026 2:55 pmFebruary 4, 2026 3:49 pm

Bergen County Democrats are increasingly looking at former Oakland Mayor Linda Schwager as a candidate for Surrogate to replace Michael Dressler, the longtime Democratic incumbent who died on December 4 Bergenfield Mayor Arvin Amatorio has been seeking party support for Surrogate, and...

Democrats appear to hold on in local Bergen County races

November 3, 2021 3:18 am

A slate of Democratic incumbents running for re-election in Bergen County – Sheriff Anthony Cureton, Surrogate Michael Dressler, County Clerk John Hogan, and Commissioners Steven Tanelli and Tracy Silna Zur – have all likely emerged victorious, though by narrower margins...

Bergen Democrats seek to keep relatively new blue wall

November 1, 2021 10:29 am

Bergen County was once a swing county, where both parties fought out competitive and expensive general elections in countywide elections and in competitive local contests across the county’s 70 municipalities. Just seven years ago, Bergen had a Republican county executive...

Dressler will seek 6th term as Bergen Surrogate

January 29, 2021 12:22 pmNovember 1, 2021 10:04 am

One of Bergen County’s most popular public officials will seek re-election in 2021, seeking to continue a political career that began when he was a student running for local office during the Watergate era. Michael Dressler, 69, said today that...