Michael Soriano Archives - New Jersey Globe

Parsippany Republicans have been fighting for 58 years

June 24, 2023 2:25 pmJune 25, 2023 3:10 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 35 of the last 55 years in a town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. But intra-party quarrels and changing demographics...

Clarkin won’t seek Morris Dem post

April 27, 2022 8:58 am

Parsippany Democratic Municipal Chairman Matt Clarkin will not be a candidate for Morris County Democratic Chairman in a special election next month. Clarkin had filed a letter of intent to run for the open seat of Chip Robinson, who announced...

Soriano elected Democratic state committeeman in landslide

January 2, 2022 8:47 pmJanuary 2, 2022 8:57 pm

Morris County Democrat have elected former Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano to serve as their new Democratic State Committeeman in a special election held on Sunday to replace Philip R. Sellinger. Soriano defeated T.J. McCourt by a 58%-38% margin, with 4%...

Special election for Sellinger’s seat

December 16, 2021 10:46 am

The first election of 2022 will come on January 2, when Morris County Democrats have a special meeting to elect a new Democratic State Committeeman. Philip R. Sellinger resigned last week after the United States Senate confirmed his nomination as...

Where local races stand in Morris County

November 11, 2021 12:05 pm

Boonton Town In four races for the Boonton Town Council, Democrats held onto one seat and Republicans held onto three, one of them by a narrow margin. In Ward 1, Republican John Meehan, who previously defeated incumbent Councilman Ed Robillard...

Barberio elected as mayor of Parsippany, defeating Soriano

November 2, 2021 9:17 pmNovember 2, 2021 9:18 pm

The New Jersey Globe can project that Republican James Barberio has defeated Democratic Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano; Soriano first won the office by defeating Barberio in 2017. Barberio first had to narrowly beat GOP municipal chairman and former council president...

Eleven New Jersey mayor’s races to watch on Tuesday

November 2, 2021 12:01 amNovember 2, 2021 8:52 pm

The most closely-watched mayoral race of 2021 is not even that competitive: Steve Fulop is the odds-on favorite to win a third term as the mayor of Jersey City against political newcomer Lewis Spears. What’s at stake for Fulop is...