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Where local races stand in Passaic County

November 12, 2021 3:06 pm

Bloomingdale Democratic Mayor John D’Amato won re-election unopposed, but Democrats in the Bloomingdale Borough Council were not so fortunate. Democratic Councilman John Graziano narrowly came in first with 25.58% of the vote, while Republican Evelyn Schubert is immediately behind him...

Lane elected as mayor of Hawthorne

November 3, 2021 12:01 am

The New Jersey Globe can project that Republican Councilman John Lane has been elected as mayor of Hawthorne, defeating Democratic Councilman Joseph Wojtecki. Wojtecki previously lost a Hawthorne mayoral election in 2008. Incumbent mayor Richard Goldberg, a Republican who’s run...

Eleven New Jersey mayor’s races to watch on Tuesday

November 2, 2021 12:01 amNovember 2, 2021 8:52 pm

The most closely-watched mayoral race of 2021 is not even that competitive: Steve Fulop is the odds-on favorite to win a third term as the mayor of Jersey City against political newcomer Lewis Spears. What’s at stake for Fulop is...

Hawthorne GOP mayor won’t run again

February 11, 2021 8:59 am

Hawthorne Mayor Richard Goldberg, a Republican who has held local office since 1997, will not seek re-election to a fourth term this year. Goldberg won a special election for mayor in 2008. He defeated Joseph Wojtecki to fill the unexpired...

Trump picks his New Jersey delegates

March 31, 2020 12:12 amMarch 31, 2020 1:22 am

Former Gov. Chris Christie will head Donald Trump’s slate of 46 New Jersey delegates to the Republican National Convention, according to a list of candidates designated by the Trump-Pence campaign. New Jersey has ten at-large delegates elected statewide, and each...

Hawthorne councilman re-elected this month dies at 79

November 20, 2019 10:30 pm

Hawthorne Councilman Garret Sinning, who was re-elected to an 6th term on November 5, died earlier today. He was 79. A Republican, Sinning was elected to the council in 1998, winning a special election for a one-year unexpired term with...