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Essex GOP runs all-woman countywide ticket

March 31, 2020 2:39 amMarch 31, 2020 2:42 am

Essex County Republicans have fielded an all-woman ticket of countywide candidates, something neither party has done before. The GOP slate includes one African American woman and one Latina. Monique Headen, Gynise Gotto, Bernara Quezada and Alexandra Campisi will run for...

Joseph Martin, former Essex County administrator, Union County manager, dies

January 2, 2020 9:05 am

Joseph A. Martin, Jr., who served as the Essex County Administrator and as the Union County manager, died on December 27. He was 73. Essex County Executive Peter Shapiro first appointed Martin as county administrator in 1985. He was replaced...

Kenney to be Dem candidate for Essex Surrogate

September 25, 2018 6:01 pmSeptember 25, 2018 8:36 pm

Essex County Democrats have picked former Newark deputy mayor Alturrick Kenney as their candidate for Surrogate to replace Ted Stephens, who resigned earlier this month to become the new Essex County Prosecutor. Kenney,40, will face Republican John Anello, a 31-year-old...