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Major Hudson Democrats will back Gottheimer for governor

July 16, 2024 12:37 pmJuly 16, 2024 1:00 pm

In a move that will set off a political tsunami in Hudson County and across the state, a group of hugely influential Democratic officials, including County Executive Craig Guy and Union City Mayor/State Sen. Brian P. Stack, said today that...

Jim McGreevey, Photo by Kevin Sanders for New Jersey Globe

Three Hudson mayors tell McGreevey to run in Jersey City

September 12, 2023 2:39 pmSeptember 12, 2023 3:31 pm

The movement to draft former Gov. James E. McGreevey to run for mayor of Jersey City in 2025 moved forward today with a statement from three influential Hudson County mayors urging him to join the race. Mayors Jimmy Davis of...

Sires vs. Cirillo battle in West New York could lead to split result

April 24, 2023 4:47 pmApril 26, 2023 11:59 am

With West New York’s May 9 local elections just over two weeks away, Hudson County Democrats are bracing for the possibility of a split result, in which members of two opposing slates each win seats on the five-seat town board...

Turner, council incumbents win re-election unopposed in Weehawken

May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner and his slate of council incumbents – Councilmembers Robert Sosa, Carmela Silvestri-Ehret, Rosemary Lavagnino, and David Curtis – have won re-election unopposed. Turner has been mayor of Weehawken, one of...

Jimenez says she’s gunning for another term

February 28, 2022 4:29 pmFebruary 28, 2022 6:47 pm

Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez (D-West New York), whose seat in the legislature may be threatened by redistricting-related maneuverings, said today that she intends on seeking another term in 2023. “I still have a year and a half to go [in this...

Sacco will retire from State Senate, plans to endorse Stack for re-election

February 24, 2022 8:53 am

Nicholas Sacco will not seek re-election to the New Jersey State Senate in 2023, ending a 30-year stint in Trenton and clearing the path for Brian P. Stack to keep his Senate seat after the hometowns of the two Hudson...

A look ahead at May’s municipal elections

January 21, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 1, 2022 10:14 am

It’s always election season in New Jersey. This May, voters in many of New Jersey’s biggest municipalities, as well as some of its smallest, will hold municipal elections to determine who will lead their towns for the next four years....