Michael Pagan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Teaneck mayor, deputy mayor back Gottheimer in governor’s race

January 27, 2025 5:23 amJanuary 27, 2025 9:18 am

Teaneck Mayor Mark Schwartz and Deputy Mayor Karen Orgen have endorsed Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly) for the Democratic nomination for governor. In the 2021 primary, Teaneck represented 11.7% of all votes cast in the Democratic primary in Bergen County, and...

Close municipal races to keep an eye on

November 8, 2024 6:24 pmNovember 18, 2024 3:31 pm

As votes continue to be tallied across the state, here’s an update on tight municipal races to keep an eye on: Note: Vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by 8 p.m. on Election Day will count as long as they arrive by next...

Pagan has slim lead in Teaneck; Wysocki wins in Mahwah

November 6, 2024 4:34 amNovember 8, 2024 1:57 pm

Teaneck Mayor Michael Pagan holds a narrow 200-vote lead in his bid for re-election in the non-partisan race for three seats on the Teaneck Township Council. Voters returned two incumbents, Karen Orgen (8,417) and Mark Schwartz (8,392), to the council....

Teaneck mayor backs Tammy Murphy

February 29, 2024 1:19 pm

Teaneck Mayor Michael Pagan, the leader of Bergen County’s second-largest town, endorsed First Lady Tammy Murphy for U.S. Senate today ahead of next week’s hugely important Bergen County Democratic convention. “After meeting with both candidates and researching where each of...

Vainieri Huttle backs Fulop for governor

November 20, 2023 10:55 amNovember 20, 2023 11:04 am

In an op-ed published in the Bergen Record this morning, former Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) gave her “wholehearted” support to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s Democratic campaign for governor. “Mayor Fulop is steering a distinctive gubernatorial campaign, directly engaging...

Top Democrats in Hackensack, Teaneck say mayors’ endorsement of Fulop doesn’t matter

November 10, 2023 9:42 pmNovember 13, 2023 11:33 am

A group of key Democratic leaders in the two largest municipalities in Bergen County today dismissed the impact of early endorsements for Steve Fulop’s bid for governor by Hackensack Mayor John LaBrosse and Teaneck Mayor Michael Pagan, saying the two...

Victorious Teaneck Council candidates face ELEC complaint

July 29, 2020 7:39 pm

A complaint filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) seeks an investigation into campaign finance reports filed by Moving Teaneck Forward (MTF), the slate of candidates that won a May non-partisan election for three seats on the...