Cape May Archives - New Jersey Globe

Madden favored in Ocean City with about 100 more votes left to count

May 13, 2022 3:55 pmMay 15, 2022 4:02 pm

A close race for an at-large council seat in Ocean City should be decided on Tuesday, when as many as 120 more ballots will be counted. Incumbent Pete Madden leads Tom Rotondi by 48 votes, 1,945 to 1,897 in the...

May Election wrap up and a few takeaways

May 11, 2022 1:13 pmMay 11, 2022 4:17 pm

No incumbents were defeated and voter turnout was light in New Jersey’s eleven non-partisan municipal election held on Tuesday. Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis appears headed to a third term and his main opponent, City Council President Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski would have...

Gillian wins fourth term as Ocean City mayor

May 10, 2022 10:18 pmMay 10, 2022 10:43 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian has won a fourth term, defeating Councilman Keith Hartzell by a modest margin. With all districts reporting, Gillian won 2,299 votes to Hartzell’s 1,893, a 54-45% margin. The race...

The polls are open in New Jersey

May 10, 2022 6:00 amMay 10, 2022 7:31 am

Good morning, New Jersey. It’s Election Day and the polls are now open in eleven municipalities across the state that are holding non-partisan municipal elections. The most closely-watched races are in Bayonne and Paterson, where incumbent mayors are seeing re-election....

After 39 years in office, Thornton set to retire as Cape May County Commissioner

March 10, 2022 8:10 pmMarch 10, 2022 8:46 pm

Gerald Thornton, who has spent nearly 39 years as a Cape County Commissioner, will not seek re-election. The 81-year-old Thornton was first elected in 1975 and was re-elected three times. Party officials say the leading candidate to replace Thornton is...

Cape May Democrats elect new county chairman

January 26, 2022 1:17 am

Daniel J. Kurkowski, a West Cape May Borough Commissioner, has won a special election as the new Cape May County Democratic Chairman. He replaces Brendan Sciarra, who stepped down. A former Cape May Bar Association president, Kurkowski defeated incumbent John...

Where local races stand in Cape May County

November 4, 2021 11:30 am

Cape May City Incumbent Councilwoman Lorraine Baldwin was re-elected unopposed in a nonpartisan race. Dennis Republican Committeeman Frank Germanio was re-elected without opposition to the Dennis Township Committee. Middle Republican Committeeman Ike Gandy defeated Democrat Quanette Vasser-McNeal 66-34% to retain...