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Camden Democrats win re-election to two county commission seats

November 8, 2022 9:00 pmNovember 8, 2022 9:00 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Camden County voters re-elected two incumbent commissioners by a wide margin, extending the Democratic winning streak to 31 years. Edward McDonnell, a retired public school teacher and principal who was first elected to the...

Cherry Hill, nine other school districts pass special bond referendums

October 6, 2022 10:41 pmOctober 7, 2022 1:24 am

Voters in ten New Jersey school districts appearered to be approved special school referendums on Thursday, but one other school districts still have incomplete results. Cherry Hill voters approved a $363.9 million bond proposal for upgrades and additions to 19...

Huge turnout for Cherry Hill school spending referendum mostly Democrats, largely seniors

October 6, 2022 4:39 pm

About 30% of all voters in Cherry Hill had already cast vote-by-mail ballots for today’s special school referendum where voters are being asked to approve a $363 million bond referendum for public school improvements, a colossal turnout in the kind...

The time Jim Florio led an off-the-line slate and walloped the Camden Democratic machine

October 3, 2022 11:57 am

Every living former governor of New Jersey and scores of others today to pay tribute to James J. Florio today at a memorial service in Camden County, where the late governor, congressman and assemblyman began his political career more than...

A look at every county election on the ballot in 2022

September 8, 2022 12:01 amSeptember 8, 2022 12:05 am

While they may not have the same allure as top-of-the-ticket races, county-level offices are a critical backbone of governance in New Jersey – and there will be 61 of them on the ballot this year. In two South Jersey counties,...

Cruz-Perez lauds Murphy in Camden, three years after shunning him

July 27, 2022 4:46 pm

Early on in Gov. Phil Murphy’s first term, State Sen. Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D-Barrington) was no fan of the governor. Murphy’s administration was at the time investigating subsidies for Camden-based corporations with ties to Democratic power broker George Norcross, a hugely...

Camden group asks judge to order referendum on ballot

July 22, 2022 7:05 pm

A coalition of Camden activists have filed a lawsuit to force a vote on a proposed referendum that would require large companies in the city to reveal how many local residents they hire. The ordinance being offered for a vote...