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Soloway, Holt file for re-election

April 6, 2021 10:59 amApril 6, 2021 11:43 am

Hunterdon County Commissioners Susan Soloway and Matt Holt have filed to run for re-election. “Our conservative fiscal philosophy pays dividends for the taxpayers. I am proud of the fact that the county tax rate has remained frozen throughout my entire...

DelVecchio will run for Lambertville mayor

March 30, 2021 2:31 pm

David M. DelVecchio, who served as mayor of Lambertville for 27 years before losing the Democratic primary in 2018, wants his old job back. DelVecchio has announced that he will run again in the June Democratic primary in a bid...

Hunterdon Democrats backs Jaffer for open Assembly seat

March 14, 2021 4:42 pmMarch 14, 2021 4:44 pm

Former Montgomery Mayor Sadaf Jaffer picked up her third organization line as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in the 16th district, winning the Hunterdon County Democratic convention on Sunday. Hunterdon Democrats also endorsed the re-election of...

Zwicker will get Somerset backing for Senate, Jaffer will be Assembly candidate

February 26, 2021 11:51 amFebruary 27, 2021 11:45 pm

Andrew Zwicker has secured the organization line for State Senate in Somerset County, ending a stalemate with Democratic County Chair Peg Schaffer over residency issues and making him the front runner to become the first Democrat since 1902 to win...

Ciattarelli, Pappas win GOP line in Hunterdon

February 24, 2021 9:22 pmFebruary 24, 2021 9:22 pm

Hunterdon County Republicans have endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for Governor and Michael Pappas for State Senate. Ciattarelli defeated former Franklin Mayor Brian D. Levine at the Hunterdon Republican convention tonight by what GOP County Chairman Gabe Plummer called “a clear majority...

Murphy won’t take sides in Zwicker, Schaffer conflict

February 12, 2021 2:51 pmFebruary 12, 2021 3:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today side-stepped a question about a Democratic county chair telling Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) that he needs to move to her county to get the organization line for Senate. POLITICO reported that Peg Schaffer offered Zwicker...

Zwicker enters Senate race with Middlesex endorsement, nods from Mercer, Hunterdon

February 3, 2021 8:00 amFebruary 3, 2021 11:33 am

Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) today formally launched his bid for State Senate in the 16th district, where Democrats have their strongest chance to flip a longtime Republican seat in November. Republican State Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg) announced last week...