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Avalon mayor unopposed in bid for 8th term

May 8, 2019 11:11 amMay 8, 2019 11:56 am

Mayor Martin Pagliughi, one of the state’s longest-serving local officeholders, is unopposed in his bid for re-election to an 8th term in Avalon (pop. 1,334), an upscale Jersey Shore resort town in Cape May County. Voters will cast their ballots...

Erik Simonsen and Antwan McClellan likely GOP Assembly candidates in 1st district

March 4, 2019 12:01 pmMarch 4, 2019 2:40 pm

Lower Township mayor Erik Simonsen and Ocean City councilman Antwan McClellan have emerged as the leading candidates for the Republican State Assembly nomination in the 1st district. The two Cape May officials are expected to win the endorsement of the...

Testa raises $14,750 in bid to oust Andrzejczak

January 31, 2019 11:15 am

Michael Testa, Jr. has reported raising $14,750 in his bid to flip the 1st district State Senate seat from Democrat to Republican. According to reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, Testa has spent $57 and has...

Milam wins Assembly seat

January 29, 2019 11:38 pmJanuary 29, 2019 11:39 pm

Matthew Milam is returning to the New Jersey State Assembly. The Vineland Democrat won a special election on Tuesday night to fill the 1st district Assembly seat to replace Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle). Andrzejczak left the Assembly earlier this month to take...

Milam will get Assembly seat

January 17, 2019 9:25 pmJanuary 18, 2019 11:31 am

Former Assemblyman Matthew Milam (D-Vineland) will return to the Legislature sometime in the next few weeks, two sources confirmed tonight. Milam will fill the vacant 1st district seat of Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle), who resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday to...

Andrzejczak takes Senate seat

January 15, 2019 11:29 pmJanuary 16, 2019 12:34 am

Bob Andrzejczak, awarded the Purple Heart after losing his leg when a grenade exploded during his service as an Army sergeant in Iraq, was sworn in today as the new state senator from the 1st district. Democrats picked Andrzejczak...

Cape May backs Andrzejczak for Senate

January 6, 2019 8:42 pmJanuary 7, 2019 9:49 am

Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle) moved one step closer to the New Jersey State Senate today. As expected, won the endorsement of the Cape May County Democratic organization for the seat vacated last week by Jeff Van Drew, who was sworn in...