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Report: Sawyer will seek return to 3rd district Assembly seat

January 4, 2025 8:17 pm

Former Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich) is seeking a return to the 3rd district seat she gave up in 2023 to run for the State Senate, Save Jersey reported today. Sawyer was the upset winner in a 2021 campaign for the...

Woodstown councilman sworn in by his father, the mayor of Elmer

January 4, 2025 7:46 pmJanuary 4, 2025 8:10 pm

Democrat Jesse Stemberger was sworn in on January 2 as the newest member of the Woodstown Borough Council, with his father, Elmer Mayor Joseph Stemberger, administering the oath of office. Stemberger flipped a Republican council seat with 914 votes, edging...

Salem GOP sweeps again

November 6, 2024 12:00 amNovember 6, 2024 1:25 am

Salem County, where Democrats controlled county government just seven years ago, continues to be solidly red, with Republicans sweeping four countywide races on Tuesday. County Clerk Dale Cross defeated Charlyn Martin with 65% of the vote to capture a second...

Jeff Van Drew, Trump’s right-hand man in N.J., wins re-election

November 5, 2024 9:44 pmNovember 5, 2024 10:42 pm

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis), the pro-Trump South Jersey Republican congressman who is closer with the former president than just about anyone else in New Jersey, has won re-election to the 2nd congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects. As...

Donelson re-elected Salem GOP chairman

July 13, 2024 3:00 pmJuly 13, 2024 3:11 pm

Salem County Republican Chairman Linwood Donelson was re-elected this morning without opposition in a race that marked the end of the party reorganization season in New Jersey that included the defeat of four GOP county chairs. Loretta Elwell was re-elected...

Burlington GOP backs Pawlzyn and Duff for county commissioner

March 20, 2024 10:57 am

Burlington County Republicans have picked New Hanover Township Committeeman Nicholas Pawlyzyn and Johnathan Duff, a 23-year-old political newcomer who works in the insurance industry, to run for county commissioner. They are expected to take on two-term incumbent Felicia Hopson and...

Judge tells Salem County to certify Penns Grove election

December 12, 2023 5:40 pm

Salem County election officials are now cleared to certify the election results in Penns Grove, where incumbent LaDaena Thomas mounted a successful write-in campaign in last month’s general election. Superior Court Judge Benjamin Morgan lifted his own order preventing the...