Pedro Mejia Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

Mejia raises no money in unopposed bid to follow Prieto

October 21, 2018 4:21 pm

Assemblyman Pedro Mejia (D-Secaucus) is running unopposed for the remaining fourteen months of ex-Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto’s term in the State Assembly and has not raised any money in the heavily Democratic 32nd district. Mejia won a special election convention...

Murphy hunts for 14 votes to stop Coughlin

June 16, 2018 3:48 pmJune 19, 2018 2:42 pm

Governor Phil Murphy’s magic number is 14 – that’s how many Assembly Democrats he needs to stop Speaker Craig Coughlin from passing his own budget next week if the two sides can’t reach an agreement before that. Democrats have a...

Mejia elected Assemblyman

March 28, 2018 10:03 pmMarch 29, 2018 5:45 pm

Pedro Mejia, a Secaucus businessman who became a naturalized U.S. citizen eighteen years ago, was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly tonight. He won a special election convention to replace Vincent Prieto in the 32nd district. He is the...

Pedro Mejia to replace Prieto in Assembly

March 27, 2018 1:08 amMarch 27, 2018 7:07 pm

Hudson County Democrats are sending a fresh face to Trenton to replace Vincent Prieto in the State Assembly: sources say that Pedro Mejia of Secaucus will get the 32nd district seat when Democrats hold a special election convention Wednesday night...