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Purdy will challenge Davis for Atlantic GOP chairman, Hurley reports

March 14, 2022 2:13 pmMarch 14, 2022 7:01 pm

Keith Davis, who has been the Atlantic County GOP Chairman for sixteen years, will face a challenge from former Galloway Mayor Donald Purdy, according to WPG Talk Radio host Harry Hurley. Purdy is allied with the new state senator from...

Democratic proposal wins Atlantic County redistricting battle

March 7, 2022 11:37 amMarch 7, 2022 9:14 pm

Atlantic County Commissioner Redistricting Commission tiebreaker Georgia Curio chose the Democratic proposal for the county’s five county commissioner districts this morning, upending a decades-long status quo that favored Republican candidates. In making her selection, Curio said that while the Republican...

Miles named to Atlantic election post

March 1, 2022 3:49 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy nominated Atlantic County Democratic Vice Chair Audrey Miles on Monday to serve as Deputy Superintendent of Elections. Last year, Murphy renominated Superintendent of Elections Maureen Bugdon, a Republican, to another five-year term. The deputy post was created...

Black leaders agree to split Pleasantville and Atlantic City on county commission map

February 28, 2022 10:30 amFebruary 28, 2022 11:24 am

As the Atlantic County Commissioner Redistricting Commission proceeds with its task of redrawing the county’s five county commission districts, a coalition of the county’s most prominent Black politicians released a statement today in support of putting Pleasantville and Atlantic City...

Both parties agree on new shape for the 2nd legislative district

February 7, 2022 4:13 pmApril 3, 2022 6:30 pm

There are a multitude of differences between the Democratic and Republican proposals for what New Jersey’s legislative map will look like for the next decade, but both parties seem to be in agreement on the configuration of the 2nd district...

Georgia Curio appointed as tiebreaker on Atlantic County redistricting commission

February 4, 2022 2:33 pmFebruary 4, 2022 2:45 pm

Former Superior Court Judge Georgia Curio was chosen today by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to serve as the fifth, tiebreaking member of the Atlantic County Commissioner Redistricting Commission. At the first meeting of the commission to redraw...

Commission to redraw Atlantic County districts hits immediate impasse

January 27, 2022 5:48 pm

The redistricting commission in charge of redrawing Atlantic County’s five county commission districts failed to find common ground at their first meeting today, with each party’s two commissioners agreeing to search for a fifth tiebreaking member. If the four cannot...