A large group of female elected officials and former candidates for elected office released a joint statement this morning calling for the end of the county line, joining a growing chorus of New Jersey politicians who say the line –...
Three more New Jersey mayors are backing Steve Fulop for Governor and will take on leadership roles in his bid for the Democratic nomination in a primary that is still two years away. Janice Kovach of Clinton, Shelley Brindle of...
The New Jersey Globe can project that Democratic Westfield Mayor Shelley Brindle has been re-elected to a second term, defeating former Republican Councilwoman JoAnn Neylan. Brindle was elected four years ago with 61% of the vote to lead the historically...
The most closely-watched mayoral race of 2021 is not even that competitive: Steve Fulop is the odds-on favorite to win a third term as the mayor of Jersey City against political newcomer Lewis Spears. What’s at stake for Fulop is...
Westfield Mayor Shelley Brindle took a campaign contribution from a developer the same day she voted to give him a lucrative two-decade tax abatement deal, records show. Brindle voted to award a tax abatement to Elite Properties, whose Westfield Crossing...
Republicans will seek to regain control of Westfield, once a GOP stronghold and now has a Democratic mayor and a 7-1 Democratic majority on the town council. JoAnn Neylan, who served as a 2nd ward councilwoman for 16 years, will...
Though Democrats lost seats in the statehouse, they fared well at the local level in 2019, picking up majorities or mayorships in 11 towns on top of proxy victories elsewhere. The biggest win of the year was in Hamilton, where...