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Salem Democrats push county committee to 2022

March 27, 2020 12:55 pmMarch 27, 2020 6:32 pm

Salem County Democrats are postponing county committee elections for two years, with all district leaders remaining in office until that time. That means county committee elected in 2018 will retroactively get four-year terms, and then resume two-year terms in 2022....

Salem Dems cancels convention, with slogan going to Biden, Harrison

March 12, 2020 3:54 pmMarch 12, 2020 9:03 pm

Salem County Democrats have cancelled their convention, county chairman Steve Caltabiano told the New Jersey Globe. Caltabiano said the decision was made yesterday afternoon in response coronavirus concerns. Salem has no organization line or bracketing and candidates are placed on...

South Jersey goes for Biden in massive endorsement

March 11, 2020 3:35 pmMarch 11, 2020 3:35 pm

South Jersey Democrats moved solidly behind Joe Biden for president today in a gargantuan organizational juggernaut that includes endorsements from Senate President Steve Sweeney, seven Democratic county chairs and every Democratic legislator in the southern part of the state. The...

Salem GOP picks Ramsay for second shot at freeholder seat

March 8, 2020 5:20 pm

Republican Edward Ramsay will get a second shot at becoming a Salem County freeholder, winning the organization line today to challenge incumbent Charles Hassler in the general election. Ramsay lost to Democratic incumbent Lee Ware in 2019 by 787 votes....

Mehta wins Salem

March 8, 2020 4:25 pmMarch 8, 2020 4:30 pm

Rik Mehta has won the Salem County Republican organization line, defeating Hirsh Singh by a vote of 21 to 15 to win his 12th county GOP endorsement. Mehta led Singh 18 to 13 in the first ballot, with five for...

GOP chips away at some county registration leads

March 3, 2020 3:16 pm

Republicans chipped away at Democratic registration leads in some key New Jersey counties in February, though Democratic leads continued to expand in others. In Cumberland County, Democrats’ registration lead fell to 11,777. It was 11,950 at the start of February...

NJ-2 candidates should disavow Callaway, seven Dem chairs say

February 28, 2020 6:23 pmFebruary 29, 2020 2:07 pm

Seven Democratic county chairmen from South Jersey are calling on 2nd district congressional candidates to sign a pledge disavowing support from the Callaway-led Atlantic City Democratic organization. The group, which voted last month to endorse Amy Kennedy, is run by...