Sam Joshi Archives - New Jersey Globe

Joshi dominates in Edison mayoral primary

June 11, 2025 12:27 amJune 11, 2025 12:28 am

Edison Mayor Sam Joshi won renomination for mayor of New Jersey’s sixth-largest municipality, defeating challenger Lav Patel, 68% to 18%. A third candidate, Councilman Richard Brescher, is in third place with 15%. Joshi will now face Republican Gloria Dittman, a...

Fulop forges alliance with Edison mayoral candidate

April 28, 2025 8:30 amMay 29, 2025 2:53 pm

Seeking votes in the town he grew up in, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Fulop announced a big move in vote-rich Edison, where he will team up with mayoral candidate Lav Patel in advance of the lineless June 10 primary election....

Edison police union endorses mayor for re-election

April 9, 2025 3:20 pm

Edison’s police union endorsed Mayor Sam Joshi in his bid for re-election Wednesday. The Edison Policemen’s Benevolent Association voted to endorse Joshi in December. Joshi, who is seeking his second term as mayor, faces three Democratic opponents in the primary,...

Edison council president apologizes for banning U.S. flag, after story goes national

December 4, 2024 2:19 pm

Edison Council President Nishith Patel is trying to walk back his decision to eject a local attorney from a township council meeting last month for displaying an American flag, but that might not be enough to avoid a bruising and...

Salty comments in Edison Dem chairman race followed by ouster of Bhagia ally

July 2, 2024 1:31 pmJuly 2, 2024 7:56 pm

Former Mayor Thomas Lankey was elected Edison Democratic municipal chairman, ousting an incumbent allied with a declining faction by a wide margin, but the real drama came in a fiery speech by a third candidate, Robert Kentos. Kentos stood before...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

January 19, 2024 3:50 pmJanuary 20, 2024 11:12 am

The snow is softly falling on Washington, D.C. after a relatively productive week that saw a government shutdown averted, a major deal on tax reform reached, and a New Jerseyan’s nomination to the federal circuit court approved in committee. Many...

Four N.J. House Democrats seek to meet with Murphy about migrant arrivals

January 4, 2024 2:48 pmJanuary 4, 2024 3:29 pm

Four progressive Democrats in New Jersey’s House delegation sent a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy today seeking information on the state’s handling of recent migrant arrivals and requesting to meet with the governor’s office about potential future influxes of migrants....