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Murphy must name interim Trenton City Council members

December 2, 2022 12:56 pm

Five of seven Trenton City Council seats will be vacant on January 1 after a Superior Court Judge moved the runoff elections to January 24, which means Gov. Phil Murphy must fill the vacancies on an interim basis until the...

Judge moves Trenton runoff election to January 24, orders at-large runoff

December 2, 2022 10:05 am

Trenton must hold runoff elections for three at-large city council seats after none of the candidates reached the 50% + 1 threshold in last month’s election, Mercer County Assignment Judge Robert Lougy ruled today. Lougy has ordered a runoff election...

With Trenton election a mess, judge promises decison by Friday AM

December 1, 2022 3:52 pmDecember 2, 2022 10:01 am

Mercer County Assignment Judge Robert Lougy has promised a decision on the status of a runoff election for three at-large seats on the Trenton City Council by 9:30 Friday morning. The race took a wide turn earlier today when the...

Undervotes in Trenton at-large council race may force runoff after all

December 1, 2022 1:02 pmDecember 1, 2022 3:52 pm

New data released today by Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello may mean that there will indeed have to be a runoff for three at-large seats on the Trenton City Council, potentially undoing a decision by Trenton City Clerk Brandon...

Judge won’t stop Trenton election, but will hear complaint over runoff formula

November 30, 2022 9:43 am

A bid by three unsuccessful at-large candidates for Trenton City Council seats will get a hearing on Thursday, but their bid to halt the December 13 runoff has been rejected. Mercer County Assignment Judge Robert Lougy today denied a bid...

No word from judge on bid to pause Trenton runoff

November 29, 2022 6:01 pmNovember 30, 2022 9:44 am

It doesn’t appear that the courts are taking a challenge to how the Trenton City Clerk calculated election results for three at-large council seats as an emergent matter, where voting for the December 13 runoff is already underway. Flavio Komuves,...

Losers in Trenton city council race file lawsuit to halt runoff election

November 28, 2022 7:49 pmNovember 29, 2022 10:11 am

The fourth, fifth and sixth-place finishers in a race for three at-large seats on the Trenton City Council has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city clerk may have improperly calculated the number of votes need to determine a runoff...