Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Republican governor will join Middlesex County Republicans at their convention to be held in Woodbridge March 23.
Gov. Chris Christie just can't stay out of Woodbridge. Days after the announcement that the governor would be holding his kickoff re-election fundraiser in the township, word is now out that he will be the featured guest of the Middlesex County GOP's Convention in March. That will be held at the Royal Albert Palace on King Georges Post Road on the border of Edison and the Fords section of Woodbridge on March 23. The convention is held so Republican delegates can hear speeches, evaluate candidates, and nominate their choices for the 2013 elections. And the big one this year will be the gubernatorial campaign, where Christie, a Republican, will be running to retain his seat in Trenton. The list of possible Democratic candidates against …
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Once again, the Republican governor picks Democratic Woodbridge to hold his campaign events.
Once again, Woodbridge is going to be the spotlight for Gov. Chris Christie. The Republican governor is going to hold his campaign kickoff fundraiser in Woodbridge next month. The event will be held at the Renaissance Woodbridge in the Iselin section of the township on Monday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. The announcement was made by the Christie for New Jersey campaign committee. Ticket prices range from $300 for the general reception all the way up to the $50,000 per person Founder's Club, which buys the donor and a guest an invitation to a photo reception with the governor. Always a colorful figure, Christie has grabbed his share of the national spotlight particularly in light of New Jersey's suffering from Hurricane Sandy. During the recent …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Six candidates are vying for two new seats on the New Brunswick Board of Education.
Six New Brunswick residents have petitioned to run for two new seats on the New Brunswick Board of Election in the first school board elections the city has seen in 20 years. Two seats are open and will be voted on in the Jan. 22 special election, a two-year seat and a one-year seat. According to the County Board of Elections, the candidates for the two-year term are: The candidates for the one-year term are: All candidates are New Brunswick residents. In November, voters passed a municipal question that transitioned the school board from appointed to elected. The change necessitated the adding of two seats to the board to bring the total number of members up to nine. The remaining seven seats will come to vote as the terms of the seated …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Certified results of a municipal question put before New Brunswick shows that the public has voted in favor of an elected school board.
The fifth time's the charm. Proponents of an elected school board won out on Wednesday as certified election results of a municipal question asking whether the school board should be elected passed by 98 votes. According to a report by NJ.com, 3,407 yes votes and 3,309 no votes were certified on Wednesday by county clerk Elaine Flynn. Preliminary results following the election showed a narrow defeat of the question, which changed with the counting of provisional ballots. The question of an elected school board has gone before voters five times in the last 20 years, Mayor James Cahill told New Brunswick Patch earlier this month. It failed the four previous times. According to the NJ.com report, elected school board members will be slowly …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
An additional 242 "yes" votes and 139 "no" votes have been counted via absentee ballots, as per unofficial results provided by the Middlesex County Clerk's Office.
The voting tally for whether New Brunswick should have an elected board of education has narrowed even further, with an additional 242 absentee ballots pushing the tally of "yes" votes to 3,145, according to unofficial election results. 139 "no" votes were also counted via absentee ballot, bringing the "no" tally up to 3,158, a 13 vote difference. All results are still unofficial, as mail-in ballots are still to be accepted through Friday afternoon by the Middlesex County Clerk's Office. The question on the ballot was whether the city should switch from a board of education appointed by Mayor Jim Cahill to one that is elected by voters. Both the supporters of an elected board and city officials against it came out to campaign their …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voters in New Jersey on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 14 electoral votes.
Barack Obama won New Jersey’s 14 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in New Jersey. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections.
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
Update: This article was updated at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 7 with quotes from Gov. Chris Christie. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." "The task of perfecting our union moves forward. It moves forward because of you," Obama told supporters in his acceptance speech shortly after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. "It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression. The spirit that has lifted …
Republicans have conceded the senatorial seat to incumbent Robert Menendez.
As the ballots pour in from Sandy-ravaged New Jersey, Robert Menendez has emerged victorious in reclaiming his U.S. Senate seat against Republican challenger Joe Kyrillos. With just over half of polling districts reporting, state Republicans have conceded victory to Menendez. The U.S. senator leads 58 percent to 40 percent as of 10:30 p.m., according to CBS News. "Senator Joe Kyrillos ran a great campaign against very tough circumstances and despite the loss, his family, campaign team, and supporters should be very proud of their efforts," New Jersey Republican Chairman Sam Raia said in a statement late Tuesday night. "Joe represents the very best of New Jersey and has fought for his constituents faithfully from the day he took office and …
The municipal question of whether to have an elected or appointed school board is a talker of a topic during this election cycle.
Voters entering several poll sites around New Brunswick on Tuesday were greeted with people holding up large signs and handing out fliers urging them to vote no on this year's municipal question. The question of whether New Brunswick should switch from an appointed school board to an elected one was approved to be put on the ballot in September, petitioned by city resident Yolonda Baker. At Lord Stirling Community School, Walter Virgil, an employee of the city Recreation Department, coordinated a group passing out literature paid for by The Committee to Keep Politics Out of Our Schools. Virgil said an elected board would bring in people with political agendas. The appointed board members in New Brunswick are all members of the New …
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