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Joseph Vas announces bid for Perth Amboy mayor

July 9, 2020 6:16 pmJuly 10, 2020 11:04 am

Joseph Vas, the son of former Perth Amboy Mayor Joe Vas, officially announced his bid for his father’s former seat Thursday. “Whether it’s providing safe drinking water, controlling the spread of Covid-19, the highest rate in the county, or the...

Caba enters race for Perth Amboy mayor

June 18, 2020 5:26 pmJune 19, 2020 12:40 am

Pledging to end “turbulence” in City Hall, Councilman Helmin J. Caba today announced that he would run for mayor of Perth Amboy in the November non-partisan election. Caba will face incumbent Wilda Diaz, who is seeking re-election to her fourth...

Delgado-Polanco running for delegate on Sanders ticket

March 31, 2020 1:22 am

A controversial former Murphy administration official is mounting a political comeback as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic National Convention pledged to Bernie Sanders. Lizette Delgado-Polanco, forced to resign last year her state job and party post in a...

Four more N.J. House members endorse Joe Biden

March 11, 2020 7:00 amMarch 11, 2020 3:37 pm

Four more New Jersey House members – Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) and Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) – have endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination. That brings the total number of congressional endorsements for...

ELEC fines Passaic councilwoman

October 4, 2019 10:24 am

Passaic City Councilman Thania Melo has been fined $1,920 for being late six years later in filing her campaign finance reports with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Melo has already paid her fine for failing to disclose campaign...

Perth Amboy Dem leader endorses Booker, slams Diaz

July 16, 2019 2:46 pmJuly 16, 2019 4:10 pm

Perth Amboy Democratic Municipal Chairman Helmin Caba has endorsed Cory Booker for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Caba’s endorsement comes three days after Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz announced that she was supporting Bernie Sanders for president. “Booker is our...

Diaz endorses Bernie Sanders

July 13, 2019 11:50 pmJuly 14, 2019 9:48 pm

Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz has endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “His ideas are not ‘radical’ and ‘extreme’ anymore. All Democratic Presidential candidates are running on a platform that resembles what Bernie has been fighting for all...