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Democrats make August registration gains in key legislative districts

September 10, 2019 9:47 am

Democrats outpaced Republicans in August voter registration in each of the battleground districts for the 2019 mid-term Assembly races. While some of the numbers may seem small, close races for the legislature are not uncommon. Three contests over the last...

Scanlan says he never received questions from investigation into racist social media posts

August 20, 2019 4:00 pmAugust 20, 2019 4:04 pm

Sussex County Republican Chairman Jerry Scanlan said he was never contacted as part of the Sussex County Community College Board of Trustees investigation into a series of racist posts made to the County GOP Twitter page. “While I do not...

Toms River school board member, Sussex GOP face fire over offensive posts

July 25, 2019 3:09 pmJuly 25, 2019 6:13 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney and State Sen. Teresa Ruiz called for resignation of a Toms River regional school board member who said his “life would be complete” if Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and three other first-term progressive congresswomen died. “The...

Space, Wirths tell Grewal to visit Sussex and defend himself

July 23, 2019 9:05 pm

Two Republican legislators are challenging Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to come to Sussex County to defend his opposition to a proposed referendum that challenges his Sanctuary State directive. Assemblymen Parker Space (R-Wantage) and Hal Wirths (R-Wantage) support a move by...

Rotondi endorses Currie for re-election

July 3, 2019 12:28 pmJuly 3, 2019 12:43 pm

Newly-elected Sussex County Democratic Chairwoman Katie Rotondi today endorsed John Currie for re-election to another term as Democratic State Chairman. “Democrats across the country have spent the past three years working collaboratively with grassroots supporters to unify our party for...

Strada re-elected

June 4, 2019 10:49 pm

Sussex County Sheriff Michael Strada defeated his challenger, Sheriff’s Lt. Andy Boden, 7,415-3,484 Tuesday. Democrats aren’t running a candidate for sheriff, so Strada’s 36-point has effectively elected him to the role. The race has been marked by animosity and personal...

Ex-Sheriff endorses successor’s opponent in Sussex GOP primary

June 1, 2019 2:49 pmJune 1, 2019 9:17 pm

A former Sussex County sheriff is backing an insurgent candidate against a three-term incumbent in the June 4 Republican primary for sheriff. Robert Untig has endorsed Andrew Boden in his bid to oust Sheriff Michael Strada. “I would like to...