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Morris Dems celebrate wins as GOP disunity rears its head

November 13, 2019 1:09 pm

Morris County Democrats are celebrating local wins as one of the county’s Republican freeholders is calling for the resignation of the county’s GOP chair Democrats won nine local seats in the county, including mayorships in Boonton and Chatham Borough. “We...

Mastrangelo wants DeFilippis out

November 13, 2019 11:53 am

Morris County Freeholder Tom Mastrangelo called for County GOP Chairman Ron DeFilippis and other members of the county’s Republican leadership to resign Wednesday. “I am calling for the resignation of our party leadership. As the Morris County Republican Party will...

Incumbents hold in South Bound Brook

November 12, 2019 2:51 pm

Incumbents will hold their seats on South Bound Brook’s borough council, but Democratic Councilwoman Kathy Conner’s win may come down to a recount. Going into Tuesday, Conner led Republican challenger Bruce Blumenthal by just five votes. Vote by mail ballots...

Democrats flip Watchung

November 12, 2019 2:41 pm

Democrats flipped two Republican seats in Watchung to secure a 4-2 majority on the council a year after winning the borough’s mayorship and two of its council seats. Democrat Wendy Robinson was the top vote-getter, earning 964 votes. Pete Martino...

Davis allies win Bayonne school board seats

November 12, 2019 2:29 pm

Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis added two seats to his control of the local school board when counts of provisional and late vote-by-mail ballots Two allies of Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis have won seats on the city’s Board of Education, defeating...

Somerset County Democrats win control of freeholder board

November 12, 2019 1:46 pmNovember 12, 2019 4:47 pm

Former Green Brook Mayor Melonie Marano defeated GOP incumbent Patricia Walsh in a close race for freeholder, giving Democrats control of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders for the first time since 1965. Walsh has not conceded. Going into Tuesday,...

Morris Township likely going to recount

November 12, 2019 12:22 pmNovember 12, 2019 1:11 pm

The race for Morris Township Committee appears headed to a recount. Republican Peter V. Mancuso, 83, who first won a township committee seat in 1978, now leads Democrat Bud Ravitz by 13 votes. Mancuso had led by 48 votes on...