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Sacco mulling early retirement in North Bergen, expected to back Cabrera as successor

May 4, 2026 3:51 pmMay 4, 2026 4:36 pm

North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco has quietly informed close political allies that he is considering resigning early next year to put his preferred succession plan in place ahead of the May 2027 nonpartisan municipal election, the New Jersey Globe has...

Meet the New Jersey State Assembly Class of 2025

January 13, 2026 11:06 amJanuary 17, 2026 1:27 pm

Twelve new Democrats will join the New Jersey General Assembly at noon today. After ousting five incumbent Republicans in the November general election, Democrats today expand their majority to 57-23, their largest caucus since the 1973 Watergate landslide. Craig Coughlin...

Rodriguez, Wainstein win in LD33

November 4, 2025 8:51 pmNovember 4, 2025 11:48 pm

Assemblyman Gabriel Rodriguez (D-West New York) and his running mate, North Bergen businessman Larry Wainstein, have won two seats in the 33rd legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, a victory for State Sen./Union City Mayor Brian Stack over his...

Can Sacco still deliver North Bergen votes?

October 13, 2025 6:00 pmOctober 14, 2025 11:59 am

There was a time when Mayor Nicholas Sacco could deliver a massive number of votes in North Bergen, but his endorsement of Republican Jack Ciattarelli comes at a moment when his electoral potency is in question. Sacco’s candidate in the...

Mapping the 2025 Hudson County war

June 20, 2025 1:29 pmJune 20, 2025 1:36 pm

Democrats in Hudson County are, to put it mildly, a fractious bunch. Not an election goes by where the local county Democratic organization isn’t consumed by infighting over a congressional seat, or a mayoralty, or a county government job, although...

Sacco struggles to deliver votes in Democratic primary

June 16, 2025 8:56 pmJune 17, 2025 11:55 pm

There are signs that the 40-year reign of North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco is nearing an end after a series of losses in last week’s Hudson County Democratic Civil War show a significant decline in his mojo; he once had...

Team Stack beats Team Sacco in LD33 proxy war

June 10, 2025 8:41 pmJune 10, 2025 10:23 pm

Neither State Sen./Union City Mayor Brian Stack and North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco will appear on voters’ ballots this year, but they were engaged in an all-out war against one another all the same in the 33rd legislative district –...