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Juliano raises $1 million for Bergen County Democrats

May 11, 2022 10:03 pmMay 11, 2022 10:10 pm

Bergen County Democrats raised over $1 million at their annual fundraising gala on Wednesday night, boosting their coffers in advance of a race to hold on to the County Executive post and other offices in November. Gov. Phil Murphy headlined...

McCann set for comeback after Oakland councilman resigns

April 29, 2022 1:50 pm

Republican Grant Van Eck resigned his seat on the Oakland Borough Council on Friday, eight months short of the expiration of his current term. The 37-year-old Van Eck is moving to Bridgewater. He was not a candidate for re-election this...

Jersey man returns to Bergen County for U.S. Senate fundraiser

April 13, 2022 11:55 amApril 13, 2022 2:11 pm

TV medical personality Mehmet Oz, until recently a resident of Cliffside Park, is returning home to Bergen County tonight for a high-dollar fundraiser to support his bid for the United States Senate in Pennsylvania. The listed hosts of the event...

Caliguire faces Barba in GOP primary for Bergen County Executive

April 4, 2022 4:55 pm

Republicans will have a contested primary for Bergen County Executive, with former freeholder and perennial candidate Todd Caliguire and Fort Lee businesswoman Linda Barba facing off for the chance to take on two-term Democratic incumbent James Tedesco. Barba will run...

Paramus GOP taps DiPiazza as mayoral candidate

March 30, 2022 9:43 pm

Paramus Republicans have picked Councilman Christopher DiPiazza as their candidate for mayor as they seek to reclaim an office they haven’t held for 20 years in one of New Jersey’s most politically competitive municipalities. DiPiazza defeated Steve Sullivan, a former...

Bergen GOP picks Caliguire as County Executive candidate

March 23, 2022 11:55 pm

Bergen County Republicans have picked perennial candidate Todd Caliguire, who served as a freeholder in the 1990s, as their candidate for County Executive. Caliguire defeated Fort Lee realtor Linda Barba and two others to capture the GOP organization at the...

Do Republicans have a VBM problem?

March 23, 2022 1:14 pmMarch 24, 2022 9:52 am

A former Republican councilman who lost a court-ordered special election yesterday in Old Bridge blamed his defeat on the lack of trust by GOP voters in vote-by-mail ballots. “Republicans think it’s a scam. It’s not,” said Mark Razzoli. “ The...