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Cahill wins Democratic primary for 10th term as New Brunswick mayor

June 3, 2026 4:21 am

New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill, one of New Jersey’s longest-serving mayors, has won the Democratic primary for a 10th term, beating back a challenge from one of his harshest critics, Charlie Kratovil. Cahill defeated Kratovil, 1,4454 to 1,089 votes, a...

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

Rivers mulling rematch with Danielsen in 17th district

May 21, 2026 3:42 pm

Loretta Rivers, a Piscataway school board member who came within 463 votes of ousting an incumbent assemblyman in the Democratic primary last year, is strongly considering a rematch in 2027. Rivers nearly beat Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin) in 2025, 10,564 to...

Sherrill endorses party-backed council candidates in Piscataway

May 21, 2026 11:31 am

Gov. Mikie Sherrill is endorsing the party-backed candidates in a contentious city council primary in Piscataway, the local Democratic organization announced Wednesday. Sherrill endorsed four incumbents — Michele Lombardi, Sharon Carmichael, Frank Uhrin, and Dennis Espinosa — who face challenges...

Baraka school board slate sweeps in Newark, Ashley Caldwell top vote-getter in New Brunswick

April 21, 2026 11:01 pm

Out of 590 public school districts in New Jersey, elections for Board of Education seats in thirteen municipalities were held today – the remaining vestiges of April elections that have either shifted to November or have appointed school boards. A...

Middlesex Clerk’s last-minute challenge to NJ-12 candidate’s ballot slogan is rejected

April 13, 2026 5:08 pmApril 13, 2026 5:43 pm

An unusual, eleventh-hour effort by the Middlesex County Clerk to force a congressional candidate to change his ballot slogan has been rejected by the Division of Elections, which said that the deadline to do so had long since passed. Last...

Judge says missing filing deadline, even by a few minutes, is a fatal error

April 10, 2026 2:54 pmApril 10, 2026 5:00 pm

A Superior Court Judge today tossed a slate of candidates for 33 seats on the Perth Amboy Republican County Committee because their nominating petitions were accepted by the municipal clerk after the 4 PM filing deadline on March 23. Perth...