Zoila Cassanova Archives - New Jersey Globe

Passaic Dems endorse Mejia for full term; Way doesn’t screen for endorsement

February 15, 2026 11:02 am

Passaic County Democrats will support Analilia Mejia for a full term in Congress, the party announced yesterday following a screening committee meeting – and former Lieutenant Gov. Tahesha Way, a Passaic Democrat considering running against Mejia in the June primary,...

Toledo, former Passaic County surrogate, censured by judicial conduct committee

November 30, 2022 7:01 pmNovember 30, 2022 7:03 pm

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct (ACJC) released its decision on the matter of former Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo today, publicly censuring the former Democratic officeholder and barring her from holding future judicial office. The ACJC first made allegations...

Toledo gets PTI for misconduct charges

June 21, 2022 2:08 pmJune 22, 2022 11:21 am

Former Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo, who was criminally charged with misconduct last year, was accepted into the state’s Pre-Trial Intervention (PTI) program today. Superior Court Judge Carol Novey Catuogno admitted Toledo into the twelve-month program; if the former surrogate remains...

Passaic judge hints of recount extension if asked

November 18, 2021 1:08 pm

Superior Court Judge Ernest Caposela suggested today that he’ll extend the deadline for Passaic County Republicans to file for a recount if they need more time to review the results of the close November 2 general election. It took the...

Bartlett wins in Passaic, GOP picks up one county commissioner seat

November 16, 2021 9:50 pmNovember 17, 2021 2:23 pm

With a small number of additional votes tabulated tonight, Republicans have flipped one seat on the Passaic County Commission, but Democrats held the other two seats as well as the office of Passaic County Surrogate. After trailing on election night,...

Close Passaic election sends GOP to court

November 15, 2021 8:50 amNovember 15, 2021 9:19 pm

The Passaic County Board of Elections is set to resume counting votes from the November 2 general election this afternoon, for the first time since Wednesday, in contests where an incumbent county commissioner now trails by 11 votes and 710...

Bartlett trails by 11 votes after more votes counted in Passaic County

November 10, 2021 10:09 pmNovember 10, 2021 10:10 pm

Democrat Zoila Cassanova has taken a 710-vote lead in the race for Passaic County Surrogate, and another Democrat, John Bartlett, is now trailing by just 11 votes in his bid for re-election to as county commissioner. Cassanova had trailed Republican...