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South Orange re-elects Collum in landslide

May 14, 2019 9:07 pmMay 14, 2019 11:36 pm

South Orange residents overwhelmingly voted to re-elected Village President Sheena Collum to a second term Tuesday. Collum, who was a village trustee for two years before when she was first elected village president in 2015, received 2,847 of the 3,746...

Rain takes toll on South Orange turnout, poll workers say

May 14, 2019 5:49 pm

The day’s rain appears to have taken a toll on turnout in South Orange’s village president election. Poll workers at the First Presbyterian and Trinity Church said few voters came to cast ballots in the contest this morning, though small...

McKeon, Jasey don’t see clear winner in South Orange

May 13, 2019 5:27 pm

Assemblyman John McKeon and Assemblywoman Mila Jasey don’t see a clear winner in South Orange’s contest for village president. “If you just see the signs, Sheena looks very popular, but who knows. Signs don’t vote,” McKeon said, adding that he...

South Orange Map: How Sheena Collum did in her last election

May 10, 2019 2:53 pm

South Orange Village President Sheena Collum is seeking re-election to a second term in Tuesday’s non-partisan municipal election. She was elected in 2015 with 70% of the vote. Now she faces Village Trustee Deborah Ford Davis, the Clerk of the...

Collum has slight cash advantage a few weeks out

April 26, 2019 2:22 pm

South Orange Village President Sheena Collum and her challenger, Deborah Ford Davis, are roughly ties in fundraising weeks ahead of the May 14 non-partisan elections. Collum raised $19,199 between Jan. 1 and April 12, not much less than the $20,400...

Two firefighter unions back Deborah Ford Davis in South Orange

April 25, 2019 4:59 pmApril 26, 2019 12:13 pm

The two South Orange firefighter unions have endorsed Deborah Ford Davis for Village President in the May 14 non-partisan municipal elections. FMBA Locals 40 and 240 are backing Ford Davis in her bid to unseat incumbent Sheena Collum, who has...

South Orange: Essex freeholder clerk takes on village president

March 19, 2019 1:27 pmMarch 19, 2019 4:26 pm

The premier May race in Essex County is in South Orange, where village president Sheena Collum faces a challenge from village trustee Deborah Davis Ford. Nine candidates have filed for three open village trustee seats, including a former NFL player...