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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...

Plainfield councilman calls Trump supporter the C-word, tells her to kill herself

April 26, 2020 5:37 pmApril 27, 2020 10:04 am

An argument that began over President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the coronavirus could be treated with an injection of disinfectant led to Plainfield Councilman Elton Armady calling a woman the C-word and telling her that she should kill herself. “You...

Murphy will swear in officials in 12 towns in January

December 28, 2019 2:32 pmDecember 31, 2019 2:56 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will swear in the girlfriend of one of his 2017 Democratic primary rivals as a councilwoman in Wayne on January 1. Fran Ritter ousted incumbent Republican councilwoman Aileen Rivera with 57% of the vote and will become...

Guide to Union County Elections

November 2, 2019 10:56 pmNovember 3, 2019 5:29 pm

Republicans have not won a countywide election in Union County since 1995 and have not won a race for Surrogate since 1978. With 113,470 more Democrats than Republicans, there is no indication that Union County will change its political direction...

LaCorte blows past McCormick in Union Surrogate primary

June 5, 2019 2:17 am

Union County Surrogate James S. LaCorte won a landslide victory for renomination to a fifth term in the Democratic primary, defeating perennial candidate Lisa McCormick by a 65%-35% margin. LaCorte won by 4,302 votes and was the top vote-getter in...