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A look at federal, county and municipal races in Passaic County in 2026

July 22, 2026 3:48 pmJuly 22, 2026 8:41 pm

Passaic County has been part of the Democratic Party’s winning coalition in the Garden State throughout most of the 21st century. The county routinely voted for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot starting in the 2000s. That makes 2024...

Happy 93rd birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2023 7:22 amJune 25, 2023 2:34 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 93rd birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 98, a former...

Happy 91st birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2021 10:46 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 96, a former...

Passaic GOP candidate picks Surrogate candidate in bid to end 29-year losing streak

March 11, 2021 7:45 pmMarch 11, 2021 10:59 pm

A longtime county employee will run as a Republican for Passaic County Surrogate, county chairman Peter Murphy announced today. Aisha Mamkej, a senior election clerk at the Passaic County Clerk’s office and a 28-year county employee, is expected to face...

Joseph Lobosco, former Passaic freeholder, dies at 85.

April 20, 2020 10:51 am

Joseph Lobosco, Sr., a former Passaic County freeholder and North Haledon councilman, died on April 17. He was 85. Lobosco began his political career as a North Haledon school board member in the 1960s and in 1972 became the first...

Passaic surrogate says she’s innocent, plans to complete term

January 4, 2020 1:33 pmJanuary 8, 2020 9:02 am

Embattled Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo would not say if she will seek re-election to a second term in 2021. The state Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct has alleged that Toledo abused her office by naming a longtime...

Bucco would be the 5th sitting Senator to run for Assembly

September 25, 2019 1:29 amSeptember 25, 2019 1:50 am

Anthony Bucco would not be the first sitting State Senator to seek a seat in the New Jersey State Assembly, but he is the first to run with no intention of keeping the job. Some Senators have gone to the...