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2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Republicans flip Salem surrogacy, last Democratic-held county office

November 5, 2025 1:25 am

Republicans flipped the last remaining Democratic post in Salem County, with County Commissioner Mickey Ostrum defeating Woodstown Mayor Joe Hiles by a 57%-43% margin in a race for Salem County Surrogate. He replaces Democrat Nicki Burke, a longtime officeholder who...

Last Salem County Democrat won’t seek re-election

February 7, 2025 10:45 am

Nicki A. Burke, the last standing Democratic county official in Salem County and a popular vote-getter, will not seek re-election to a fifth term as Surrogate this year, making Republicans the favorites in a county that has become decidedly red...

DuBois retires as Salem GOP county chair, ending hugely successful tenure as party leader

December 12, 2021 2:49 pmDecember 28, 2021 3:00 am

Linda DuBois resigned as the Salem County Republican chair on Friday, ending a four-year stretch where the GOP regained its footing as the majority party. Linwood H. Donelson III, a 30-year-old attorney and the party’s vice chair since 2018, will...

Republicans take freeholder seat, but Democrats keep surrogacy in Salem

November 19, 2020 7:54 pmNovember 19, 2020 8:17 pm

Edward Ramsey has defeated Democratic Salem County Freeholder Charles Hassler, leaving Democrats with a single seat on the board, but Surrogate Nicki Burke defeated her Republican challenger to win another term. The margins in New Jersey’s smallest county were slim,...

Democratic freeholder in Salem loses his lead, Democratic Surrogate narrowly ahead

November 5, 2020 7:21 pm

A Democratic freeholder in Salem County is now behind after 2,413 vote-by-mail ballots were counted on Thursday in a race that is still too close to call. Charles Hassler now trails Republican Edward Ramsey by 198 votes. He had a...

In Salem, Republicans look to expand their majority

October 27, 2020 4:34 pm

Republicans are looking to expand their freeholder Majority in New Jersey’s smallest county. Salem County Freeholder Charles Hassler, one of two Democrats remaining on the board in a county with a population about the size of Old Bridge, faces a...