Nancy Pinkin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Middlesex Clerk’s last-minute challenge to NJ-12 candidate’s ballot slogan is rejected

April 13, 2026 5:08 pmApril 13, 2026 5:43 pm

An unusual, eleventh-hour effort by the Middlesex County Clerk to force a congressional candidate to change his ballot slogan has been rejected by the Division of Elections, which said that the deadline to do so had long since passed. Last...

Middlesex Democrats sweep county races

November 5, 2025 2:17 am

Five Democratic incumbents won re-election in Middlesex: Sheriff Mildred Scott, County Clerk Nancy Pinkin, and Commissioners Clary Azcona-Barber (D-New Brunswick), Charles Kenny (D-Woodbridge), and Chanelle Scott McCullum (D-Piscataway), the sheriff’s daughter. Scott, the only female sheriff in the state, defeated...

None of N.J.’s county clerks are continuing their appeal of Quraishi’s county line decision

April 4, 2024 12:57 pmApril 4, 2024 5:31 pm

This story was updated at 4:33 p.m. to reflect the fact that the Passaic County Clerk is also dropping her appeal. After the Third Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stay U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi’s decision mandating office-block Democratic...

Smith says Piscataway voters ‘chose wisely’ in council races

June 9, 2022 3:29 pmJune 9, 2022 3:30 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) said today that he was pleased with the results of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Piscataway, in which three party-backed candidates won their council races easily and a fourth holds a narrow lead over her off-the-line...

Middlesex Democratic incumbents win renomination

June 7, 2022 11:48 pmJune 8, 2022 12:08 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that incumbent Middlesex County Commissioners Charles Kenny, Claribel Azcona-Barber, and Chanelle Scott McCullum have defeated their off-the-line challengers, Atif Nazir and Herb Tarbous, in the Democratic primary. Nazir and Tarbous ran to allow Piscataway Township...

Judge mulling award of legal fees in Pinkin ballot draw lawsuit

May 27, 2022 12:26 pm

Superior Court Judge Michael Toto will decide within the next 7-10 days whether candidates who sued Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin for abruptly cancelling the primary election ballot drawing last month can obtain roughly $22,00 in legal fees. Yael Bromberg...

Judge will decide if Pinkin should pay legal fees for candidates who challenged ballot draw cancellation

May 26, 2022 9:58 amMay 26, 2022 12:37 pm

Two law firms who forced Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin to hold a ballot drawing for the June primary election are seeking over $22,000 in legal fees from the county. Superior Court Judge Michael Toto will hold a hearing on...