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Koontz not seeking re-election as Mercer commissioner

November 15, 2021 4:37 pmNovember 15, 2021 4:55 pm

Mercer County Democrats will have about four months to figure out who will replace County Commissioner Andrew Koontz, who announced last week that he will not seek re-election to a fifth term in 2022. “It has been the greatest honor...

Where local races stand in Mercer County

November 5, 2021 4:02 pm

East Windsor Two Democratic incumbents, Denise Daniels and Alan Rosenberg, won re-election to the East Windsor Township Council alongside fellow Democrat David Russell; they each received around 28% of the vote to Republican Anna Lustenberg’s 16%. Hamilton After lagging behind...

Greenstein, Benson, DeAngelo win in the 14th district

November 2, 2021 8:10 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro), Assemblyman Daniel Benson (D-Hamilton), and Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-Hamilton) have won re-election to the 14th legislative district. Republican attorney Adam Elias lost his Senate campaign, while Andrew Pachuta...

Turner, Reynolds-Jackson, Verrelli win in the 15th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Lawrence), Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton), and Assemblyman Anthony Verrelli (D-Hopewell) have won re-election to the 15th legislative district. Turner defeated nurse Susan Gaul for the Senate; Reynolds-Jackson and Verrelli...

16th district Republicans fight to stanch the bleeding

October 27, 2021 12:01 amOctober 27, 2021 9:59 am

Republicans in the 16th legislative district have not had a good decade. The first blow came in 2011, when the state went through its post-Census redistricting cycle. The 16th district had long been a Somerset County-based district, and thus had...

Latino Action Network wants Vaughn gone

October 13, 2021 2:29 pm

One of the state’s most politically influential Latino organizations is demanding the resignation of controversial Trenton City Councilwoman Robin Vaughn. The Latino Action Network is speaking out after Vaughn attacked the city administrator, Adam Cruz, during a recent council meeting....

Trenton councilwoman’s latest racist comments draw rebuke from Latino, Black lawmakers

October 10, 2021 3:59 pmOctober 10, 2021 11:28 pm

Trenton City Councilwoman Robin Vaughn is in hot water again, with Black and Brown legislators issuing a strong worded statement scolding her for asking the city’s Latino business administrator if he spoke English. The Trentonian first reported that Vaughn “lashed...