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Special Edition: June 2018 Primary Election

June 8, 2018 3:48 amJune 8, 2018 4:25 pm

Special Edition: June 2018 Primary Election The Year of the Ground Game (Editor’s Note: Most names are listed in alphabetical order. For the most part, candidates who won an election are not listed as winners and those who were...

Melham combines technology and ground game to win Belleville race

May 14, 2018 12:06 amJanuary 21, 2019 2:14 pm

The incumbent Mayor of Belleville was unseated last week by 90 votes in a race where the use of new, proprietary technology the candidate designed himself propelled led to a victory. Michael Melham ousted three-term mayor Raymond Kimble after winning...

Melham ousts Kimble in Belleville

May 9, 2018 12:16 am

Michael Melham was elected mayor of Belleville, defeating three-term incumbent Raymond Kimble by 160 votes – 1,826 (41%) to 1,736 (39%). School board member Liza Lopez finished third with 850 votes (19%). Kimble was one of two Democratic mayors who...

O’Donnell, Davis approaches differ on election day

May 8, 2018 6:59 pmMay 9, 2018 5:52 am

With less than an hour remaining before polls close, Bayonne’s mayoral candidates are still working the streets. Canvassers for former Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell’s campaign are just as numerous as they were several hours ago, far outnumbering those belonging to incumbent...

Candidates confident as Bayonne election nears

May 4, 2018 7:23 pmMay 7, 2018 2:18 pm

Bayonne’s mayoral candidates are feeling confident as the waning days of the May 8 election come to a close. Incumbent Mayor Jimmy Davis’s team and former Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell said they felt confident about their chances on Tuesday, and neither...

O’Donnell ad targets Davis tax breaks

April 20, 2018 2:09 pmApril 21, 2018 10:48 am

Bayonne mayoral candidate Jason O’Donnell on Friday announced the release of a new advertisement attacking incumbent Mayor Jimmy Davis over tax breaks he gave to a number of developers outside of the city. The ad, which O’Donnell spokesman Sean Darcy...

West New York clerk rules against Roque petitions

April 11, 2018 6:38 pmApril 12, 2018 10:40 am

West New York Town Clerk Carmela Riccie on Wednesday ruled against an objection filed by lawyers aligned with Mayor Fenix Roque in a battle over some of the town’s county committee seats, but Roque attorney Stephen Edelstein says he will...