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Trenton GOP re-elects Williams

September 11, 2020 9:08 am

Trenton Republican Jennifer William, who has been seeking to rebuild the GOP in New Jersey’s capital city, was re-elected to another four-year term this week. She ran for State Assembly in the heavily-Democratic 15th district in 2019. “Trentonians can take...

Richford easily wins re-election as Mercer GOP chair

August 11, 2020 7:40 pmAugust 11, 2020 7:41 pm

Lisa Richford was re-elected Mercer County Republican Chair tonight, easily defeating Lawrence Republican Club President Falk Engel by a vote of 86 to 42, a 67%-33% margin. The reorganization meeting was held outdoors at the Hamilton VFW. Engel had recently...

Engel challenges Richford for Mercer GOP chair

August 10, 2020 7:16 pmAugust 11, 2020 1:28 am

Mercer County Republican Chair Lisa Richford faces a challenge for re-election tomorrow night from Lawrence Township Republican Club President Falk Engel. County committee members elected in the July 7 primary election will meeting in Hamilton for an outdoor vote. Richford...

Turner warns Mercer spat could leave lasting rift

July 31, 2020 11:46 amJuly 31, 2020 2:36 pm

State Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Lawrence) said a recent schism between Mercer County Democratic Chairwoman Janice Mironov and Democrats in and around Trenton could leave a lasting rift in the county. “Well, probably, unless she changes her philosophy in terms of...

Benedetti is new Ewing Dem chairman

July 30, 2020 10:51 am

Ewing Township Democrats elected their first new municipal chair since 2004, with Carl Benedetti, Sr. winning the post without opposition at a reorganization meeting on Wednesday night. Benedetti replaced Robert Dorio, who retired after holding the post for sixteen years....

Mironov re-elected Mercer County Democratic chair in landslide

July 28, 2020 10:39 pmJuly 29, 2020 12:14 am

East Windsor Mayor Janice Mironov was easily re-elected to a second term as Mercer County Democratic Chair on Tuesday night, defeating Ewing Councilman David Schroth by a vote of 261 to 115, 69%-31%. Major technical glitches in tonight’s vote created...

Mercer Democrats having an Iowa kind of evening

July 28, 2020 9:01 pmJuly 28, 2020 9:53 pm

Huge technical glitches in tonight’s vote for Mercer County Democratic chair election have created massive delays and causing some Democrats to complain that the irregularities might necessitate a new election. Incumbent Janice Mironov faces a challenge from David Schroth in...