Tag: primary election

  • Four-way race for two council seats in Metuchen begins with primary

    Four-way race for two council seats in Metuchen begins with primary

    By GLORIA STRAVELLI Correspondent METUCHEN – Four candidates will be on the ballot running for two, three-year terms on the Metuchen Borough Council in November. For the June 8 Primary Election, the races are uncontested. Jason Delia, a member of the Borough Council, and Joel Branch, a member of the borough Planning Board, are on…

  • Hightstown, East Windsor primaries will be uncontested per ballot

    Hightstown, East Windsor primaries will be uncontested per ballot

    There won’t be any political party primary fights in East Windsor or Hightstown when the Democratic and Republican Party primaries roll around on June 8. In East Windsor, Anna Lustenberg is the only Republican Party member to have filed a nominating petition to seek her party’s nod to run for one of three open seats…

  • Sayreville candidates will run unopposed in primary

    Sayreville candidates will run unopposed in primary

    SAYREVILLE – Two first-term Democratic incumbents and two Republican challengers are seeking two available three-year terms on the Sayreville Borough Council. According to the borough clerk’s office, incumbent Democrats Kevin Dalina and Damon Enriquez are pursuing re-election to their three-year terms on the Borough Council, which will be on the ballot in the Nov. 2…

  • Poll workers needed for June 8 Primary Election

    Poll workers needed for June 8 Primary Election

    Metuchen is seeking people to work the polls on June 8 for the Primary Election The position is paid. Hours are from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Submit a letter of interest to Brian Tobin at [email protected] by close of business on May 6. He will submit names to the appropriate contact.

  • Democratic primary in Princeton will be uncontested

    Democratic primary in Princeton will be uncontested

    Two Democrats have filed nominating petitions to run for two open seats on the Princeton Council, eliminating any official political primary fight in the June 8  Democratic Party primary. Incumbent Princeton Councilwoman Eve Niedergang and Leighton Newlin filed their nominating petitions by the April 5 deadline. Princeton Councilman Dwaine Williamson is not seeking re-election. No…

  • Democrats choose Joshi over Bhagia for party line in Edison mayoral primary

    Democrats choose Joshi over Bhagia for party line in Edison mayoral primary

    BY REBECCA HERSH Correspondent In what is usually behind-the-scenes power wrangling, the feud between Edison’s local Democratic Party members and the Middlesex County Democratic Organization (MCDO) has gone public. The MCDO denied the will of the Edison Democratic Party Committee by throwing its official support behind Edison Councilman Sam Joshi for the Edison mayoral position,…

  • Lawrence Dems file for Township Council seats

    Lawrence Dems file for Township Council seats

    Two Democrats have filed nominating petitions to run for two open seats on the Lawrence Township Council, eliminating any political party primary fight in the June 8 Democratic Party primary. Incumbent Township Councilmen James Kownacki and Christopher Bobbitt, both Democrats, filed their nominating petitions by the April 5 deadline. Kownacki is serving in the ceremonial…

  • 2021 Primary Election ballot drawing to be held via livestream

    2021 Primary Election ballot drawing to be held via livestream

    The upcoming ballot drawing for the positioning of candidates for the 2021 Primary Election will be held at 3 p.m. April 16 at the Commissioners Meeting Room in the County Administration Building in New Brunswick. Due to the ongoing efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, all county buildings, including the Administration Building, are closed…

  • Democratic mayoral candidates in Edison to partake in forum on April 25

    Democratic mayoral candidates in Edison to partake in forum on April 25

    Together Edison, in cooperation with the Greater New Brunswick Area League of Women Voters, will host a virtual Democratic Mayoral Primary Forum on April 25 at 7 p.m. Edison residents are invited to submit questions for the candidates on a variety of issues of their choice. Questions will be curated prior to the forum by…