Secaucus primary voters in the 3rd Ward tapped Democratic committee-backed Mark Bruscino over challenger Michael Makarski by 48 votes Tuesday night in the town’s lone contested seat for town council. Bruscino beat Makarski 286-238, a nearly 10% margin of victory amid low turnout, according to the official Hudson County tally. Although Makarski, a board of [...]

Less than a year after a political scandal rocked the Secaucus Democratic Party, its new chairman is looking to rebuild its public image ahead of a fall election that will decide three seats on the town council. As the election season heats up in Secaucus ahead of a June 8 Democratic primary, the 3rd Ward [...]

Gov. Chris Christie’s budget is an assault on public education and places the burden of property taxes on the state’s middle class, poor, disabled and seniors. That’s the view of State Assemblyman Vincent Prieto, who lives in and represents Secaucus. “Secaucus taxpayers deserve better than to see the education of their children put at risk,” [...]

State Assemblyman Vincent Prieto, who lives in Secaucus and heads the local Democratic Party, has retained his role as deputy majority whip, a key leadership position for the Assembly Democrats, the party said this morning. Democrats control the governing body, 47-33. Party whips essentially keep party members in line by wrangling and tallying votes. Prieto, [...]

Secaucus Mayor Richard Steffens presided over the final council meeting of his 129-day term on Tuesday night, earning praise from members for uniting a fractured governing body and “healing” the town from the taint of political scandal. “It was an honor to sit here,” Steffens said toward the end of the hour-long public meeting. “It [...]

Updated w/ full indictment & attorney comment: Former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell and political operative Ronald Manzo were both indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on charges stemming from the summer corruption sting that led the Elwell’s resignation. The three-count federal indictment was handed down in Newark on Nov. 17 after the July arrest [...]

Take Back Secaucus, the Independent political movement in Secaucus, swept into power on Tuesday night with victories over two Democratic incumbents, an unopposed takeover of the mayor’s office, and the lopsided defense of the slate’s 2nd Ward council seat. Headed by Mike Gonnelli, the 2nd Ward Councilman who was running unopposed for mayor since the [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s an election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as Secaucus voters head to the polls to fill three council slots and the mayor’s office for the next four years. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The first election in the wake of this summer’s FBI dragnet that brought [...]

The Independent Take Back Secaucus slate of candidates for mayor and council will host a pre-election rally on Thursday evening at LaQuinta Hotel on Lighting Way. TBS, led by 2nd Ward Councilman and lone mayoral candidate Mike Gonnelli, has two first-time candidates for the council — Rob Costantino (1st Ward) and Bill McKeever (3rd) — [...]

Secaucus Democrats, who are fielding three council candidates (two incumbents) in a tough race, will hold a rally on Wednesday night ahead of next week’s election to spur its voting base. The local party, headed by Assemblyman Vincent Prieto, is inviting supporters to the 7 p.m. event at La Reggia off Meadowlands Parkway. Light refreshments will [...]