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Essex GOP picks candidates vs. DiVincenzo, Fontoura

March 28, 2018 3:17 pmMarch 29, 2018 2:03 am

Essex County Republicans have picked North Caldwell Councilman John Chiaia to run for County Executive and Caldwell Councilman Pasquale Capozzoli as their candidate for Sheriff. They were approved by a screening committee last night and will run on the organization line...

Baraka getting labor endorsements

March 28, 2018 11:08 am

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka will be endorsed by three unions — Newark Teachers Union, the American Federation of Teachers-New Jersey, and Health Professionals and Allied Employees, the state’s largest nurses union — today in Newark. Baraka was a NTU representative while...

Malinowski gets Essex line

March 22, 2018 10:02 pmMarch 23, 2018 12:37 pm

Tom Malinowski won the organization line in Essex County tonight. In a vote by the Millburn Democrats, Malinowski beat David Pringle by a vote of 14-5, with one vote for Goutam Jois. Malinowski now has the organization lines in five...

Linden Mayor tries to fire Freeholder candidate’s husband

March 21, 2018 9:41 amMarch 22, 2018 10:38 am

The rift between Linden Mayor Derek Armstead and the Union County Democrats grew a little wider last night when Armstead tried to fire the husband of a freeholder candidate and replace him with the Mayor of West Orange. George Mouded...

Everything is hunky-dory in Newark’s North Ward

March 15, 2018 1:49 pmMarch 15, 2018 8:00 pm

While a warette is brewing in Hudson and Union County healing the wound of a fight for county chairman and a congressional seat, it’s noteworthy that Newark’s North Ward – once the site of some of New Jersey’s fiercest political...

Cheneyfield Jenkins fails to file full council slate

March 10, 2018 4:24 pm

In the sixteen elections for Mayor of Newark, no candidate has ever won without assembling a full-slate of candidates for City Council. That’s good news for Mayor Ras Baraka’s bid for a second term – his opponent, Councilwoman Gayle Cheneyfield...

Essex Democrats picking caretaker freeholder

March 3, 2018 3:55 pmMarch 5, 2018 2:29 am

Essex County Democrats are going the caretaker route, filling the open District 3 freeholder seat with South Orange Democratic Municipal Chair Janine Bauer. The move gives Essex County Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones some more time to decide who gets the...