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Judge rejects Eatontown candidate bid to redraw ballots

May 12, 2022 10:44 am

Superior Court Judge Kathleen Sheedy today rejected a bid by an Eatontown mayoral candidate to be bracketed with her running mates for two borough council seats, saying that there is no legal provision for them to do so since they...

Eatontown candidate seeks court order to bracket with running mates

May 11, 2022 3:53 pm

Superior Court Judge Kathleen Sheedy will decide by Thursday morning if off-the-line candidates for Eatontown mayor and borough council can be bracketed together after filing a joint petition with the slogan “Eatontown Democrats.” Mayoral candidate Jasmine Story wants June 7...

Pallone, council incumbents win re-election unopposed in Long Branch

May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Long Branch Mayor John Pallone and his entire slate of council incumbents have won re-election unopposed. Way back in 1990, Adam Schneider was elected mayor, and Pallone – the younger brother of U.S. Rep....

Cocuzza, Donaldson win re-election unopposed in Keansburg

May 10, 2022 8:01 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Councilmen James Cocuzza and Michael Donaldson have been re-elected unopposed to the Keansburg Borough Council. Cocuzza has been in office for more than a decade, while Donaldson is a relative newcomer to municipal office....

Eatontown mayoral candidate sues over borough’s ballot design

May 10, 2022 10:54 amMay 10, 2022 1:22 pm

Former Eatontown Councilwoman Jasmine Story, a Democrat running for mayor this year, has filed a lawsuit against her town’s ballot design, which breaks up her ticket across multiple columns and makes it appear as though candidates on the ticket are...

The polls are open in New Jersey

May 10, 2022 6:00 amMay 10, 2022 7:31 am

Good morning, New Jersey. It’s Election Day and the polls are now open in eleven municipalities across the state that are holding non-partisan municipal elections. The most closely-watched races are in Bayonne and Paterson, where incumbent mayors are seeing re-election....

You can’t make this up, even in New Jersey

April 26, 2022 5:55 pmApril 27, 2022 10:03 am

In a mystifying punt of two ballot access lawsuits, a New Jersey appellate court judge will allow primary elections to be held on June 7 with the intention of deciding the eligibility of candidates after Election Day. Appellate Judge Hany...