Elections

CRANFORD - Congratulations to Mayor Thomas Hannen on retaining his Township Committee seat. 

According to unofficial results from the Union County Clerk, Hannen (D) defeated Richard Buontempo (R) 5,861 to 3,793. 

“It was a great night for democracy with turnout exceeding 63%,“ Hannen said. “I am honored and extremely grateful that ...

CRANFORD - With less than two weeks until Voting Day, Thomas Hannen Jr. (D) and Richard Buontempo (R), the two candidates for the Township Committee seat this year, met in the Council Chambers of the Cranford Municipal Building for the Annual Township Committee Candidates’ Forum.

Each candidate was allowed three minutes for an opening statement, followed by questions ...

WESTFIELD, NJ – Candidates on the “ballot” Monday included Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent and Swamp Thing, as Union County officials showed residents the workings of a new voting machine at the Town Hall.

But this November, voters casting ballots in this undecided town in the hotly contested Seventh Congressional District race for Rep. Leonard Lance’s seat will pick real ...

PLAINFIELD, NJ - A resolution for $1.9 million for a new vote tabulation system by ES&S was approved at the first Union County Freeholders mobile meeting on Thursday, held in Plainfield's municipal court.

Nicole DiRado, an administrator from the Office of the Board of Elections, said that although the machines will not be in use in most parts of the county until 2019, they will be used ...