2008 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SPECIAL EDITION
Winners |
Losers |
Sal AndertonThe veteran Democratic lawyer and lobbyist is now a West Orange Township Councilman. |
Perry BarseThe two-term Mayor of Vineland loses re-election by wide margin. |
Paul AronsohnThe 2006 Democratic nominee for Congress in New Jersey's 5th district was elected to the Ridgewood Village Council. |
Jerome InderwiesThe veteran Mayor of Cape May City loses a race to one of his predecessors. |
Joanne CocchiolaThe first woman Mayor of Nutley is the first Mayor to win a second consecutive term in more than 40 years. |
TIM KREISCHERJAfter 12 years as Mayor of Ventnor, he loses. |
Wilda DiazThe 43-year-old political newcomer is the new Mayor of Perth Amboy. |
JIM KRONEThe longtime Bergen County Democratic insider loses his bid for re-election as a Garfield Commissioner |
Jerry FriedThe first-time candidate and self-proclaimed bicycle enthusiast won election as Mayor of Montclair. |
Carmen OrechioThe former State Senate President loses the Nutley Commissioner post he's held continuously since 1968. |
Eldridge Hawkins Jr.The West Orange policeman and son of an ex-Assemblyman succeeds Mims Hackett as the Mayor of Orange. |
ROBERT PALMERThe veteran Long Beach Commissioner loses his bid for re-election. |
Monica HonisTeaneck Councilwoman survives the gas chamber comment. |
Elnatan RudolphJoe Ferriero's favorite Teaneck Democrat loses re-election to the Township Council. |
Michael KaftonThe former Mayor of Jackson returns to his old job |
Mauro TucciHe gets re-elected Commissioner, but doesn't even come close to the votes he needed for his dream job - - Mayor of Nutley. |
Robert RomanoThe police lieutenant beats Barry Parse in the Vineland Mayoral race, winning the post once held by his late father |
Juan TorresLoses his seat on the Paterson City Council. |
Julie ShreckAfter less than a year on the Council, she's the newly-elected Mayor of Bradley Beach |
Joe VasThe loss of the year: Perth Amboy Mayor gets just 39% of the vote in a race that was supposed to be safe. |
Contributors
Wally Edge
One of the most powerful New Jerseyans to ever serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was J. Parnell Thomas, a Bergen County Republican who ... >
Bob Torricelli
The Record announced yesterday that it was closing its Hackensack offices and "reinventing"itself. It was actually announcing its own ... >
Michael Patrick Carroll
NJ STARS, while failing in its intended purpose, nonetheless demonstrates the need for fundamental reform in NJ's high schools. >
Debbie Holtz
Another fiscal-cutting measure still lies on the Governor's desk -- it's the one that reduces spending by way of statutory tweaks to the ... >
Steve Lonegan
The 2009 New Jersey State Budget is not the stunning tribute to sound fiscal policy The Trenton insiders would have you believe, but just a ... >
Dr. Joseph Marbach
The budget proposed by Gov. Jon Corzine has produced myriad negative reactions, featuring various interests seeking to limit the impact of the cuts ... >
Rob Tornoe
Michael P. Riccards
Recently, I walked into a large movie theatre with my wife Barbara to see "Sex and the City," the long, long rendition of themes that ... >
Carla Katz
As the Presidential election draws closer and closer, we tend to focus our attention on the daily horse race between the candidates and lose sight of ... >
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July 6, 2008
"I do not." -- James Laurie, an 18-year-old Brookdale Community College student, asked if he knew who Dick Zimmer was.
-Star-Ledger, 07/06/08
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Today’s Must Reads:
Trump wonders why Corzine left the Senate ― CHARLES STILE
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