Michael Pappas Archives

Bateman will campaign for district 16 Republicans

June 15, 2021 1:35 pm

State Sen. Kip Bateman (R-Neshanic Station) plans to campaign for Republican legislative candidates in his district. “I’ve met with all three of them, and they asked me if I would help them out and I said yes,” he told the...

Pappas wins GOP Senate nod in District 16

June 9, 2021 12:03 am

Former Rep. Michael Pappas defeated challenger Jeffrey Grant to win the Republican nod for State Senate in the 16th legislative district Tuesday. Pappas, who made his bid with organizational lines in all four of the district’s counties, served a single...

Freiman, Jaffer win nods in District 16

June 8, 2021 8:47 pmJune 8, 2021 11:02 pm

Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough) and former Montgomery Mayor Sadaf Jaffer defeated Princeton University lecturer Faris Zwirahn to win the Democratic nod for Assembly in the 16th district Tuesday. Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) was unopposed in his bid for the...

Zwicker laps Pappas on fundraising 11 times over

May 20, 2021 3:24 pmMay 20, 2021 3:40 pm

Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) raised more than 11 times as much money as his Republican opponent, former Rep. Michael Pappas, 29-day pre-election reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission show. The Democrat brought in $149,060.60 through...

Texas congressman with N.J. roots headlining Pappas fundraiser

May 14, 2021 3:51 pmMay 14, 2021 3:55 pm

The former scoutmaster of Boy Scouts Troop 88 in Bridgewater will return to New Jersey on Saturday to raise money for former Rep. Michael Pappas’s bid for a State Senate seat in the 16th legislative district. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas),...

DelVecchio will run for Lambertville mayor

March 30, 2021 2:31 pm

David M. DelVecchio, who served as mayor of Lambertville for 27 years before losing the Democratic primary in 2018, wants his old job back. DelVecchio has announced that he will run again in the June Democratic primary in a bid...

Zwicker will get Somerset backing for Senate, Jaffer will be Assembly candidate

February 26, 2021 11:51 amFebruary 27, 2021 11:45 pm

Andrew Zwicker has secured the organization line for State Senate in Somerset County, ending a stalemate with Democratic County Chair Peg Schaffer over residency issues and making him the front runner to become the first Democrat since 1902 to win...