Renee Baskerville Archives - New Jersey Globe

Montclair mayor ends bid for county commissioner

March 3, 2026 5:27 amMarch 3, 2026 1:50 am

Montclair Mayor Renee Baskerville has dropped her bid for the Democratic nomination for Essex County Freeholder-At-Large, leaving the field at eleven candidates for four seats with just one incumbent seeking another term. “I came to the conclusion that I don’t...

A brief electoral history of Sean Spiller

January 28, 2025 5:22 pmJanuary 29, 2025 10:21 am

If Sean Spiller is elected governor of New Jersey this year, it will be the culmination of two very different strands of the Democrat’s life and career. One of those strands is Spiller the teacher: Spiller started out as a...

Baskerville undecided about Montclair recount

May 17, 2020 8:44 pmMay 18, 2020 7:58 am

Renee Baskerville, who trails Sean Spiller by 195 votes in the race for mayor of Montclair, is waiting to see if election officials will allow late arriving ballots to be counted before she decides if she is going to seek...

Nearly 3,000 Montclair votes have come in since Tuesday

May 14, 2020 5:15 pmMay 14, 2020 5:16 pm

The U.S. Postal Service delivered 1,371 new ballots from Montclair today, adding 2,913 more votes to the mix since counting was completed on Tuesday. Sean M. Spiller led the balloting in the mayoral election by 450 votes against Renee Baskerville...

Huge number of new ballots hit Essex County today

May 13, 2020 11:00 pmMay 15, 2020 9:03 am

Thousands of new votes have come in from Essex County since Tuesday afternoon that could change the outcome of several key municipal races conducted entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, the New Jersey Globe has learned. In Montclair, where Sean Spiller led...

Sean Spiller elected Montclair mayor

May 12, 2020 8:47 pmMay 13, 2020 1:56 am

Sean Spiller, the influential vice president of the New Jersey Education Association, was elected Mayor of Montclair on Tuesday, defeating Renee Baskerville by a vote of 4,027 to 3,577, 53%-47%. The incumbent, Robert Jackson, did not seek re-election. Spiller, who...

Montclair VBM turnout at 25%

May 12, 2020 4:28 pm

Slightly more than 25% of Montclair voters have returned their vote-by-mail ballots for today’s non-partisan municipal races, a 310% increase over the 2016 elections for mayor and township council. As of late afternoon, 8,460 ballots had been returned out of...