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Rendo endorses Pallotta for Congress

April 3, 2020 11:27 am

Woodcliff Lake mayor Carlos Rendo has endorsed Frank Pallotta for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district. Rendo was the GOP candidate for Lt. Governor in 2017. “I am supporting Frank Pallotta for Congress because he is...

McCann, Mehta gets Bergen GOP line

April 2, 2020 2:21 pmApril 3, 2020 8:39 am

Bergen County Republicans have awarded their organization line for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district to John McCann, a former Cresskill councilman who is making his second bid to unseat Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff). The line for U.S. Senate will...

Flanagan teams up with Ghassali in NJ-5

April 1, 2020 4:28 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Tricia Flanagan and congressional candidate Michael Ghassali will bracket together in the 5th district portions of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties. Ghassali, the mayor of Montvale, is seeking the GOP nod to challenge Rep. Josh Gottheimer...

Thanks to congressional races, Democratic primary for Bergen freeholder

March 31, 2020 9:58 pmMarch 31, 2020 11:15 pm

Six Democrats have filed for two seats on the Bergen County Board of Freeholders, setting up a primary forced by off-the-line congressional challengers seeking to avoid ballot Siberia. Incumbent Joan Voss and her running mate, Ridgewood Mayor Ramon Hache, will...

Amaro seeks to end 47-year GOP winning streak

March 25, 2020 8:34 pmMarch 25, 2020 9:11 pm

Cary Amaro will make her second bid for Morris County freeholder, seeking to break a 47-year streak of only Republicans winning countywide elections. She will challenge incumbent Tayfun Selen, a former Chatham Township mayor who won a special election convention...

Glidden drops out of race for Congress

March 25, 2020 4:33 pm

Closter Mayor John Glidden has ended his bid to unseat Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) in New Jersey’s 5th district. “We don’t see a path to the nomination,” he said. “We just got in it too late.” Glidden decided to seek...

Tedesco self-quarantines after exposure to coronavirus

March 24, 2020 3:07 pmMarch 24, 2020 3:07 pm

Bergen County Executive James Tedesco has been under self-quarantine for the last few days after his exposure to a local hospital executive who tested positive for COVID-19, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Tedesco has not shown any symptoms of...