Pedro Mejia Archives - New Jersey Globe

Grilo takes over for Hudson’s longest-serving mayor

January 5, 2020 6:19 pmJanuary 5, 2020 6:57 pm

Dina Grilo took office on Friday as the mayor of East Newark, six months after unseating Hudson County’s longest-serving mayor in the Democratic primary. Grilo, a 47-year-old financial services executive, defeated Joseph Smith by a vote of 175 to 144. ...

Sacco gets landfill to close

December 20, 2019 8:51 amDecember 21, 2019 8:46 am

The Keegan Landfill in Kearny will close under terms proposed in legislation by State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen) and two Hudson Assembly members. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which owns the Meadowlands-based landfill, passed a resolution on...

Latino clergy endorses Coughlin, other incumbents

October 30, 2019 6:27 pm

Eight Democratic legislators, including Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, today won the endorsement of the New Jersey Latino Pastors and Ministers Coalition. The group of 375 pastors and ministers representing 37,500 parishioners in over 330 parishes, across the state is backing...

Zwicker is lone competitive district Assembly candidate to get Latino Action Network endorsement

October 14, 2019 9:57 am

The Latino Action Network has endorsed 29 Democrats for State Assembly but declined to take sides in nearly all the competitive races in next month’s mid-term elections after most of the candidates simply declined to fill out their questionnaire. “If...

Jimenez, Mejia win in 32nd district

June 4, 2019 8:01 pmJuly 19, 2019 4:43 pm

The New Jersey Globe is calling the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the 32nd district for incumbents Angelica Jimenez (D-West New York) and Pedro Mejia (D-Secaucus). They have defeated their primary opponents, Roger Quesada and Mahmoud Mahmoud. Jimenez and...

Sacco campaign wraps door-knocking effort days before election

May 12, 2019 6:53 pmMay 13, 2019 11:33 am

With days to go before polls open, Nicholas Sacco was confident he would be re-elected to a ninth term as Mayor of North Bergen. Sacco was out on the streets Friday with roughly 20 members of his team, including Commissioner...

Sacco campaign launch draws crowd of 1,000

March 11, 2019 9:54 pmMarch 12, 2019 9:14 am

Mayor Nicholas Sacco’s re-election campaign kickoff drew some of the state’s top Democrats and a crowd of more than 1,000 to North Bergen Monday night. “We believe that you don’t make economic progress without social progress. You don’t make social...