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Judge says Norcross faction gets 71 of 74 county committee seats in Cherry Hill

July 11, 2025 8:13 pm

A Superior Court Judge today sided with the George Norcross-allied Camden County Democratic Committee and ordered 71 organization-backed candidates for county committee seats in Cherry Hill to join three progressives who won the June 10 primary. Cherry Hill elects its...

Platkin files brief in support of anti-Norcross county committee candidates in Cherry Hill

July 7, 2025 3:18 pmJuly 7, 2025 6:23 pm

Attorney General Matt Platkin has filed an amicus brief arguing that the three elected members of the Cherry Hill Democratic County Committee should fill the 71 vacant seats and not allow the Camden County Democratic organization slate to play any...

Ripa tosses third slate of commissioner candidates off Camden ballot

April 14, 2022 10:00 am

The so-called phantom candidates for Camden County Commissioner are off the ballot for the June primary, leaving a two-way race between the organization-backed incumbents, Edward McConnell and Carmen Rodriguez, and a rival slate backed by South Jersey Progressive Democrats. County...

Kate Delany to lead South Jersey Progressive Democrats

December 2, 2019 11:29 pmDecember 3, 2019 11:33 am

Collingswood Democratic Municipal Chair Kate Delany has been elected president of the South Jersey Progressive Democrats, a grassroots political group organized in opposition of the local party organization. Katie Ingersoll of Collingswood was elected vice president, Patrick Mooney of Medford...

Kate Delany elected Collingswood Dem chair

June 11, 2019 8:15 pmJune 11, 2019 8:23 pm

Collingswood Democrats elected Kate Delany as the new municipal chair at their reorganization meeting Monday night, nearly a week after a group of progressive Democrats swept sixteen seats in an off-the-line race for county committee. The Democrats of Camden County...

Norcross’ Camden Dems easily win primary against progressive rebels

June 5, 2019 6:29 amJune 5, 2019 7:51 am

In Camden County, it was the Empire Strikes Back with George Norcross as Darth Vader. In the first test of electoral strength since the tax credits story broke, the Camden County Democratic organization scored massive victories on Tuesday against the...

Murphy endorses Norcross allies Greenwald & Lampitt against progressive challengers

May 29, 2019 9:00 amMay 29, 2019 9:10 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has endorsed two Camden County legislators with close ties to George Norcross against progressive challengers in next week’s Democratic primary for State Assembly. Murphy’s endorsement of Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald (D-Voorhees) and Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D-Cherry...