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Webber’s ‘all-in’ strategy could come at a price

March 30, 2018 9:43 amMarch 31, 2018 4:35 pm

Republican congressional candidate Jay Webber has settled on an all-in strategy of running his own line of candidates in Essex County, where the county GOP organization is backing Antony Ghee for the 11th district congressional seat. It’s not a unique...

Morris GOP freeholder primary takes shape

March 30, 2018 1:33 amMarch 31, 2018 4:35 pm

Four days before the filing deadline, it looks like the Morris County Republican freeholder primary is beginning to take form. Morris County GOP sources are speculating that Freeholder Deborah Smith will run on a ticket with two former freeholders seeking...

Webber files Exec, Sheriff candidates against Essex GOP

March 29, 2018 5:40 pmMarch 30, 2018 10:22 am

Republican congressional candidate Jay Webber has filed a slate of candidates for county executive and sheriff to run with him in Essex County for the June primary. The Essex GOP organization has endorsed Antony Ghee for Congress in the 11th...

East Orange Councilwoman getting Freeholder post

March 29, 2018 10:25 amMarch 30, 2018 1:33 am

East Orange Councilwoman Tyshammie Cooper will seek the Democratic nomination for Essex County Freeholder in District 3 with the support of the county Democratic organization. She will seek the unexpired term of Britnee Timberlake, who gave up her seat in...

How Steve Sweeney got to the Senate

March 29, 2018 2:03 amMarch 29, 2018 5:45 pm

Steve Sweeney won a State Senate seat in 2001 after a feud between State Senator Raymond Zane and Gloucester County Democratic Chairman Michael Angelini over competition between the two over government legal contracts they both wanted. Zane was one of...

Somerset Democrats pick freeholder candidates

March 28, 2018 11:20 pmMarch 29, 2018 10:26 am

Somerset County Democrat have nominated Franklin Councilwoman Shanel Robinson and Bernardsville school board member Sara Sooy as their candidates for freeholder. They will face Republican incumbents Mark Caliguire and Patrick Scaglione. Robinson, a U.S. Air Force veteran, ran last year...

Mejia elected Assemblyman

March 28, 2018 10:03 pmMarch 29, 2018 5:45 pm

Pedro Mejia, a Secaucus businessman who became a naturalized U.S. citizen eighteen years ago, was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly tonight. He won a special election convention to replace Vincent Prieto in the 32nd district. He is the...