EDISON, N.J., Nov. 9 (ZFJ) — Congressman Andy Kim, a Democrat, was elected U.S. senator for New Jersey, making him the first Korean-American senator.
Kim led Curtis Bashaw, the Republican candidate, by more than 300,000 votes.
Kim thanked his team and supporters in a victory speech at his campaign headquarters in the DoubleTree Hotel in Cherry Hill on election night. He observed that his family had lived in this hotel for several weeks when they first moved to N.
EDISON, N.J., Nov. 8 (ZFJ) — Column 1—Ronak Patel, Ralph Errico, and Jingwei “Jerry” Shi—won the three available seats on the Edison Board of Education by a landslide.
Column 1, the Students First team, outpaced Column 3, the Champions for Students team, by about 6,000-7,000 votes.
Shi reprises his role after coming in fourth place for three seats in last year’s board election. He previously served on the board from 2014 with a term as president.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (ZFJ) — Former President Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to become the 47th U.S. president.
The Associated Press called the race for Trump at 5:34 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, after he won Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, putting him at 277 electoral votes to Harris’ 224. He is also leading the popular vote by around 4.8 million votes.
The electoral vote count at 5:55 p.
Oct. 14 (ZFJ) — The deadline to register to vote for the general election in New Jersey is Tuesday, Oct. 15 (21 days before election day on Tuesday, Nov. 5).
As of press time, that’s tomorrow, so don’t delay any longer if you haven’t registered yet!
Anyone who is a U.S. citizen, at least 17 years old, a resident of their county for 30 days before the election, and not convicted of a crime is eligible to register to vote.
July 14 (ZFJ) — Former President Donald Trump was shot in the upper right ear in an assassination attempt while he was at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13.
At about 6:15 p.m., several minutes after Trump began addressing the audience, a shooter fired towards the stage “from an elevated position outside of the rally venue,” said Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the U.S. Secret Service, in a statement.
EDISON, N.J., Jan. 6 (ZFJ) — The Edison Board of Education held its reorganization meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 2, while the Edison Township Council held it on Thursday, Jan. 4.
The candidates who won the general election on Nov. 7, 2023, were sworn in as elected officials at these meetings.
EDISON BOARD OF EDUCATION REORGANIZATION MEETING
Virginia White, first elected in 2020, and newcomers Christopher Lugo and Anjana R. Patel were sworn in as board of education members.
EDISON, N.J., Nov. 8 (ZFJ) — The Democrats won the four available seats on the Edison Township Council while Virginia White, Christopher Lugo, and Anjana R. Patel secured three spots on the Edison Board of Education, according to unofficial results from the Middlesex County Clerk for the Nov. 7 general election.
Richard Brescher, Joseph A. Coyle, and Ajay V. Patil won reelection to the town council along with newcomer Asaf Shmuel.
