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Scutari, Union County elected Dems coalesce behind Mapp for Congress

April 10, 2026 3:06 pm

The leader of the state Senate is officially taking sides in the race to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), joining other Union County Democrats to endorse Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp for Congress. Senate President Nicholas Scutari, also the Democratic...

Sherrill names 35 local and county elected officials to transition panel

December 2, 2025 9:02 amDecember 9, 2025 10:12 am

Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill today unveiled a 35-member Local Government Advisory Group of elected officials from across New Jersey, assembled to provide expertise and on-the-ground insight to her transition’s Action Teams. Phil Alagia, the chief of staff to Essex County Executive...

Union County Democrats sweep clerkship, commission seats

November 5, 2025 1:30 am

Union County Democrats easily remained in control of all nine seats on the Board of Commissioners, maintaining a winning streak that began in 1996. Incumbent Rebecca Williams was re-elected, along with two Democrats capturing open seats: Roselle Park Mayor Joseph...

Union Democrats hold four countywide offices

November 8, 2022 11:01 pmNovember 8, 2022 11:02 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Democratic in Union County have retained four countywide offices, with Commissioners Bette Jane Kowalski, Rebecca Williams, and Sergio Granados earning re-election and Commissioner Christopher Hudak winning the office of county surrogate. As of 11:00...

Judge to rule on Union County Dem slate that fell one signature short of getting on ballot

April 20, 2022 5:02 pm

The fate of three off-the-line candidates for Union County Commissioner will likely be decided on Thursday when Superior Court Judge Alan Lesnewich rules on a challenge to their nominating petitions. Mario Cornejo, Janet Reynolds and Patrick Busch, running under the...

Dover school board to swear in one of state’s first openly trans elected officials

January 3, 2022 11:51 amJanuary 5, 2022 11:09 am

Daniella Mendez, a transgender woman who says she is the first openly transgender elected official in Morris County history and one of the first in state history, will be sworn in tomorrow to a seat on the Dover Board of...

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders back name change

July 14, 2020 5:40 pmJuly 14, 2020 5:45 pm

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders announced their support for a plan to phase out the title in favor of one that does not carry as troubled a history. “The origin of the title runs afoul of the ideals...