Tyshammie Cooper Archives - New Jersey Globe

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders back name change

July 14, 2020 5:40 pmJuly 14, 2020 5:45 pm

All 19 of New Jersey’s black freeholders announced their support for a plan to phase out the title in favor of one that does not carry as troubled a history. “The origin of the title runs afoul of the ideals...

Essex freeholder incumbents sail through primary

July 7, 2020 9:35 pmJuly 8, 2020 5:48 am

Essex County Freeholder President Brendan Gill and his slate of incumbents easily won renomination over progressive primary challengers Tuesday. Freeholders gill, Romaine Graham, Rufus Johnson and Patricia Sebold defeated challengers Sabre Burroughs, Anthony Diaz and Simone Jelks-Bandison. They’ll face Republicans...

Essex Dems backing all incumbents for re-election

March 3, 2020 11:32 pmMarch 3, 2020 11:45 pm

Essex County Democrats will back all nine incumbent freeholders for re-election, and County Clerk Christopher Durkin will seek a fourth term. InsiderNJ had reported that District 4 freeholder Leonard Luciano was in danger of losing the organization line, but the...

Essex freeholder faces ELEC complaint

February 5, 2020 10:19 am

Essex County Freeholder Tyshammie Cooper faces a three-count complaint from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission that alleges she failed to report contributions to her 2018 primary campaign. A former East Orange councilwoman, Cooper was elected freeholder in a...

DiVincenzo breaks his own record

November 7, 2018 1:34 amNovember 7, 2018 2:19 am

Democratic candidates for county-wide office in Essex County racked up landslide victories, and County Executive Joe DiVincenzo broke three of his own records. With 93% of precincts reporting, DiVincenzo scored 153,941 votes, 81% of votes cast and 122,434 more than...

DiVincenzo wins

November 6, 2018 8:00 pmNovember 6, 2018 8:21 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. has been re-elected to a fifth term. DiVincenzo has defeated Republican John Chiaia, a North Caldwell councilman. He was elected in 2002, after Republican James Treffinger did not...

East Orange Councilwoman getting Freeholder post

March 29, 2018 10:25 amMarch 30, 2018 1:33 am

East Orange Councilwoman Tyshammie Cooper will seek the Democratic nomination for Essex County Freeholder in District 3 with the support of the county Democratic organization. She will seek the unexpired term of Britnee Timberlake, who gave up her seat in...