Elections

ELIZABETH, NJ - The free 2019 Union County 'Arts & Sciences in Union County' Election Date Calendar -- providing all important dates and deadlines for the 2019 election cycle, along with full page illustrations highlighting history-making people, places and milestones in Union County -- in now available.

Astrophysicist Carl Sagan is one of the notable persons ...

NEWARK, NJ - The defeated East Ward candidate who filed a lawsuit contesting the runoff election results agreed to dismiss his case just days before it was set for trial.

Anthony Campos' lawsuit alleged voting improprieties and irregularities in the June 12 runoff election against incumbent Augusto Amador. The ongoing trial was set to reconvene Dec. 4, according to a court document ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Even when there is a contest for the top elected position in the city, it won't bring out as many voters as when residents get to vote for the top elected position in the country.

Elections records show that 8,382 New Brunswick voters cast ballots on the Nov. 6 election, by going to the polls or mailing in a ballot or filling out a provisional ballot. That is only 38 ...

UNION, NJ - Connecticut Farms Elementary School held their 4th Annual Student Council Election Day on Monday, November 19. 

Each year, fourth-grade students are given the opportunity each year to run for President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. As part of the campaign process, students created posters that were hung up in school advertising their candidacy, and they wrote a ...

ROSELLE, NJ - While the official news release has not yet been written, and most likely will not until after the new year begins, Roselle Mayor Christine Dansereau announced that she will be running in the 2019 June Primary.

Dansereau took to Facebook on Tuesday morning to make an early announcement to the community that she intends to run again for Mayor in the 2019 June Primary ...

RANDOLPH, NJ- Two weeks after election day in Randolph, the results finally are marked as official by the Morris County clerk. The final vote-by-mail and provisional ballets closed the gap somewhat between the Democrats and the Republicans, but as stated in the original TAP article on election day, the four Republican candidates have secured the seats on Township Council.

Two ...

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Spurred by a grassroots campaign that involved hundreds of volunteers and thousands of work-hours, Democrat Olivia Holmes was propelled to victory on Nov. 6 in an area once widely considered to be unwinnable for Democrats, becoming the first Democrat on the Township Committee in 15 years.

She will be sworn to office at the township's Reorganization meeting in ...

PLAINFIELD, NJ - Three Plainfield City Council seats were on the 2018 general election ballot, one due to the passing of Assemblyman Gerald B. Green and a resulting series of changes. 

Green was replaced in the Assembly by former Freeholder Linda Carter, who in turn was replaced on the Freeholder Board by former Citywide at-large Councilwoman Rebecca Williams. In results posted on Nov. 19 ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ -  All the ballots have been casted and counted, including in-person, mail-ins and provisionals. The Bergen County Clerk's Office released the final and certified results of the 2018 mid-term election.

Here are the final tallies:

 
In-Person 
Absentee
Provisional
Total


DEM STEVEN ...

BERNARDS TWP., NJ _ Although a big change on the Bernards Township Committee next year will be the addition of Joan Harris, the first Democrat to sit on the governing body in about 20 years, there will be another new face on the dais as well -- Republican Joseph Esposito, top votegetter in both initial and final election results.

Despite his victory at the polls, ...