Tracey Wells-Huggins Archives

Testa makes a play for Cumberland’s freeholder board

September 11, 2020 11:51 amSeptember 13, 2020 1:29 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa is making a play for control of his home county. With Democrats holding a broad but not insurmountable 6-1 majority on Cumberland County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders, Testa, the county’s Republican chairman, is hoping a bevy...

Pearson celebrates her lone progressive victory

July 27, 2020 3:49 pm

Former Cumberland County Freeholder Donna Pearson issued a muted celebration of her primary win. She was the only one of three progressive freeholder challengers to win at the polls this month. “This is bittersweet. It was a hard-fought battle. Our...

Musso, Castellini and Pearson win Cumberland Dem freeholder primary

July 16, 2020 9:23 pmJuly 17, 2020 9:11 am

This story was updated on July 17, 2020 at 9:04 AM. Donna Pearson staged a rare off-the-line victory in the Democratic primary for Cumberland County Freeholder. A former freeholder who has been out of office for nearly seventeen years, Pearson...

Pearson takes bigger lead in Cumberland Dem freeholder primary

July 11, 2020 4:05 pmJuly 11, 2020 4:11 pm

Donna Pearson has now surged to second place in the Cumberland County Democratic freeholder primary and incumbent George Castellini is now in third with a 149-vote lead over his running mate, Bruce Cooper. Castellini had been running a comfortable second...

Just 16 votes separate Pearson and Cooper in Cumberland Dem freeholder primary

July 9, 2020 7:25 pm

Just 17 votes off-the-line candidate Donna Pearson and organization choice Bruce Cooper in the Democratic primary for Cumberland County freeholder after more vote-by-mail ballots were counted on Thursday. Provisional ballots cast on Election Day have not yet been counted and...

Working Families backs Surrency re-election bid

June 16, 2020 4:37 pm

New Jersey Working Families has endorsed Cumberland County Freeholder Jack Surrency for re-election, along with candidates for local office in Piscataway. Surrency is running off-the-line after being denied party support for a second term. Working Families is also backing his...

Ex-Vineland mayor backs Kennedy for Congress

June 12, 2020 4:00 pmJune 12, 2020 5:10 pm

Former Vineland Mayor Ruben Bermudez has endorsed Amy Kennedy for the Democratic congressional nomination in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Bermudez is also backing incumbent Cumberland County Freeholder Jack Surrency and his running mates, Donna Pearson and Tracey Wells-Huggins, who have...