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In an ‘abundance of caution,’ Cumberland gets court order to open machines

November 16, 2022 4:20 pm

Superior Court Judge Benjamin Telsey signed an order today permitting the Cumberland County Board of Elections to open voting machines to retrieve emergency ballots that had been cast but might not have been recorded. Deputy Attorney General Levi Klinger-Christiansen said...

Republicans flip control of Cumberland County government

November 8, 2022 11:46 pmNovember 8, 2022 11:47 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Republicans have won control of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, a result that shifts political power from the South Jersey Democratic machine to State Sen. Michael Testa, Jr. (R-Vineland), the GOP county chairman....

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,...

Norcross tells South Jersey Democrats to run on economic issues, stay away from Biden, Washington

June 21, 2022 3:55 pmJune 21, 2022 11:48 pm

South Jersey Democrats are preparing to distance themselves from Joe Biden and a Congress controlled by their own party as they look to win local elections in a climate where voters increasingly view Washington Democrats as out of touch on...

Murphy taps new prosecutors in Atlantic, Burlington

May 16, 2022 7:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated new prosecutors in Atlantic and Burlington counties and said he would renominate Jennifer Webb-McRae as the Cumberland County prosecutor. LaChia Bradshaw was named to replace Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina, a Christie administration holdover, and...

Quinn’s Millville gambit nets him a win, but not the seat he wanted

November 18, 2021 10:44 am

Democrat Jim Quinn’s decision to give up his seat on the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners this year to run for Millville City Commissioner was a return to his roots. He had spent 16 years as mayor before winning county...

Cumberland, Gloucester is GOP battleground for 2022

November 15, 2021 12:02 amNovember 16, 2021 10:23 am

If the Republicans can build on recent wins in Gloucester and Cumberland counties in next year’s mid-term elections, it might mean a Red Wall of county government control in six of eight South Jersey counties – everywhere but Camden and...