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Election Day still isn’t over, with runoffs in Jersey City and Hillside set for Tuesday

December 3, 2021 2:23 pmDecember 5, 2021 6:36 pm

Voters in Jersey City and Hillside will go to the polls on Tuesday for runoff elections in non-partisan contests where not candidate received the requisite 50% of the vote. In Jersey City Ward C, colorful two-term Councilman Richard Boggiano faces...

Elliot Spitzer makes a New Jersey appearance

November 23, 2021 10:02 am

Former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer made what might be his first expedition into New Jersey politics on Monday when he joined Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop for a groundbreaking of a new residential apartment development. Spitzer’s company, Spitzer Enterprises,...

Officers responding to 2019 Jersey City shooting won’t be charged

November 17, 2021 12:52 pm

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced today that 13 officers of the Jersey City and Newark police forces won’t be charged for a 2019 incident in which they shot and killed two assailants who had themselves murdered four people. On...

Brian Stack is New Jersey’s GOTV King

November 15, 2021 8:38 pmNovember 15, 2021 8:51 pm

Union City Mayor/State Sen. Brian Stack has a reputation as a voter turnout monster and the numbers he produced for Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy in the November 2 general election bears that out. Stack and Union City delivered 11,038 votes...

Hillside mayor wins re-election; only December runoffs in Jersey City Ward C and Hillside council races

November 14, 2021 2:21 pmNovember 15, 2021 3:06 am

There will be no mayoral runoff in Hillside this year after Mayor Dahlia Vertreese survived the 50% mark in her re-election bid by 35 votes, according to final election results announced by the Union County Clerk. Vertreese received 50.71% of...

Where local races stand in Hudson County

November 5, 2021 11:40 am

East Newark Democratic Councilmembers Kenneth Graham and Rose Evaristo won re-election to the East Newark Borough Council unopposed. Guttenberg Guttenberg Mayor Wayne Zitt and Councilmembers Monica Fundora, John Habermann, and Richard Delafuente, all Democrats, won re-election without opposition. Hoboken Mayor...

Fulop re-elected as mayor of Jersey City

November 2, 2021 9:06 pmNovember 2, 2021 9:15 pm

The New Jersey Globe can project that Democratic Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has won re-election against progressive newcomer Lewis Spears. Fulop, a potential gubernatorial candidate in the future, was the strong favorite against Spears, who was registered as a...