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Election Day still isn’t over, with runoffs in Jersey City and Hillside set for Tuesday

December 3, 2021 2:23 pmDecember 5, 2021 6:36 pm

Voters in Jersey City and Hillside will go to the polls on Tuesday for runoff elections in non-partisan contests where not candidate received the requisite 50% of the vote. In Jersey City Ward C, colorful two-term Councilman Richard Boggiano faces...

Four ways to redistrict Atlantic County

December 3, 2021 2:15 pmDecember 5, 2021 2:19 pm

As mapmakers on the Legislative Apportionment Commission gear up to draw the legislative maps that will shape New Jersey politics for the next decade, one of the problems they’ll be faced with is an age-old question: how should Atlantic County...

Alleged Pinkin screw-up could invalidate Old Bridge council race

December 3, 2021 12:00 pmDecember 4, 2021 2:37 pm

Old Bridge Councilman Mark Razzoli is challenging his 11-vote defeat in the November 2 general election, alleging that Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin put 33 voters in the wrong ward. Democrat Jill DeCaro defeated Razzoli, 1,554 to 1,543, in the...

There’s going to be a mad dash to redraw wards for May 2022 municipal elections

December 1, 2021 12:24 pm

The filing deadline for next May’s non-partisan municipal election is March 7, 2022 but county election officials have not started the process to redraw wards based on the 2020 U.S. Census. That leaves incumbents and potential candidates in limbo as...

Baraka fined $30,634 for 2014 campaign finance violations

December 1, 2021 10:52 amDecember 1, 2021 4:55 pm

The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) released a final decision today on a large number of campaign finance violations committed by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, fining him a total of $30,634. According to the ELEC report, Baraka committed...

New Jerseyan Dr. Mehmet Oz announces Pennsylvania Senate run

November 30, 2021 5:38 pmDecember 1, 2021 12:20 am

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a TV personality and longtime resident of Cliffside Park, announced this afternoon that he would cross the Delaware and run as a Republican in next year’s U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. “Pennsylvania needs a conservative who will...

Hedge fund seeks takeover of Atlantic City newspaper

November 30, 2021 9:13 am

The newspaper chain that owns The Press of Atlantic City and more than 70 daily newspapers across the U.S. is fighting back a hostile takeover by a hedge fund with a history of making draconian costs cuts and layoffs. Alden...