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Murphy extends election certification deadline for Ocean, Salem after COVID outbreak

November 20, 2020 9:49 amNovember 20, 2020 9:50 am

Gov. Phil Murphy ordered an extension to certify election results for Ocean an Salem counties until November 25 after issues related to COVID-19 made it impossible for them to meet today’s deadline. “Our democracy is stronger when every voice is...

Republicans take freeholder seat, but Democrats keep surrogacy in Salem

November 19, 2020 7:54 pmNovember 19, 2020 8:17 pm

Edward Ramsey has defeated Democratic Salem County Freeholder Charles Hassler, leaving Democrats with a single seat on the board, but Surrogate Nicki Burke defeated her Republican challenger to win another term. The margins in New Jersey’s smallest county were slim,...

Contests for Salem freeholder, surrogate to be decided by provisional ballots

November 11, 2020 9:25 pmNovember 11, 2020 9:31 pm

Races for Salem County Freeholder and Surrogate are still too close to call and will come down to 1,745 provisional ballots. Republican Edward Ramsay is 725 votes ahead of Charles Hassler, the Democratic incumbent. Three-term Democratic Surrogate Nicki Burke has...

Four South Jersey counties still have freeholder races that are too close to call

November 8, 2020 4:44 pm

Four counties – Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem — still have races for freeholder that are too close to call. In Atlantic, incumbents from both parties are clinging to narrow leads in the race for two at-large seats on the...

Democratic freeholder in Salem loses his lead, Democratic Surrogate narrowly ahead

November 5, 2020 7:21 pm

A Democratic freeholder in Salem County is now behind after 2,413 vote-by-mail ballots were counted on Thursday in a race that is still too close to call. Charles Hassler now trails Republican Edward Ramsey by 198 votes. He had a...

NJ-2 uncounted ballots now at least 53,816, and could jump to nearly 85,000

November 4, 2020 10:43 pmNovember 4, 2020 10:50 pm

Atlantic County election officials confirmed tonight that they received 9,383 provisional ballots that are now awaiting counting, raising the least possible number of uncounted ballots in New Jersey’s 2nd district congressional race to 53,816. Cumberland County could have as many...

Burke likely re-elected, but Salem freeholder race too close to call

November 3, 2020 11:22 pm

Salem County Surrogate Nicki Burke has likely defeated Republican challenger Beth McCarthy Patrick, but the freeholder race here is too close to call. Burke leads McCarthy Patrick 13,551 to 11,957. Democratic Freeholder Charles Hassler narrowly leads Republican Edward Ramsey 12,987...