East Newark is a borough in the western part of Hudson County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Newark,which sits across the Passaic River. The borough is the second-smallest municipality by total area in the state.
Guttenberg is a town in the northern part of Hudson County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In the 2020 Census,it was the most densely populated incorporated municipality in the United States,as well as one of the most densely populated municipalities worldwide,with 57,116 inhabitants per square mile (22,053/km2) of land area. Only four blocks wide,Guttenberg has been variously ranked as the ninth-smallest municipality in the state or as the state's seventh-smallest municipality.
North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census,the township's population was 63,361,an increase of 2,588 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 60,773,which in turn reflected an increase of 2,681 (+4.6%) from the 58,092 counted in the 2000 census. The township was incorporated in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a series of secessions. Situated on the Hudson Palisades,it is one of the hilliest municipalities in the United States. Like neighboring North Hudson communities,North Bergen is among those places in the nation with the highest population density and a majority Hispanic population.
West New York is a town in the northern part of Hudson County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census,the town's population was 52,912,an increase of 3,204 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 49,708,which in turn reflected an increase of 3,940 (+8.6%) from the 45,768 counted in the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 51,981 in 2022,ranking the city the 770th-most-populous in the country.
In New Jersey,a Board of County Commissioners is the elected county-wide government board in each of the state's 21 counties. In the five counties that have an elected county executive,the board of county commissioners serves as the county legislature. In the remaining counties,the board of county commissioners exercises both executive and legislative functions,often with an appointed county administrator or manager overseeing the day-to-day operations of county government.
Valerie Vainieri Huttle is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly where she represented the 37th Legislative District,from 2006 to 2022. Huttle served on the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 2001 through 2006.
Albio B. Sires is a Cuban-born American businessman and politician serving as the mayor of West New York,New Jersey,since 2023 and previously from 1995 to 2006. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Brian P. Stack is an American Democratic Party politician who represents the 33rd Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate,where he serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has also served as the mayor of Union City,New Jersey,since 2000. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2007.
Vincent Prieto is an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2018,where he represented the 32nd Legislative District. He formerly served as the 170th Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly from 2014 to 2018. He was chair of the Hudson County Democratic Organization until 2018,when he was succeeded by Amy DeGise.
Joseph Vas is an American Democratic Party politician,who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2010,where he represented the 19th Legislative District. He did not seek re-election to the assembly in 2009. He also served as Mayor of Perth Amboy,New Jersey from 1990 to 2008. He was defeated for re-election to a 5th full term by local bank vice president Wilda Diaz in 2008 by a 58% to 42% margin. He was elected Perth Amboy Democratic Chairman in 2008,succeeding his longtime campaign chairman Ray Geneske. Vas resigned as the party chairman in 2009. He was convicted of state corruption charges in 2010 and federal corruption charges in 2011.
Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in West New York,in Hudson County,in the U.S. state of New Jersey,serving students in ninth through twelfth grades. The school is the lone secondary school of the West New York School District,an Abbott district that serves all of West New York. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1970;the school's accreditation expires in December 2021.
Caridad "Cary" Rodriguez is an American Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly,where she represented the 33rd Legislative District from 2008 until she resigned to take office as a commissioner of West New York,New Jersey in May 2011.
Robert D. Clifton is an American Republican Party politician who has represented the 12th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since January 10,2012. He previously served on the Monmouth County,New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders from 2005 until he took office in the Assembly.
Raul "Rudy" Garcia is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1993 to 2000,where he represented the 33rd Legislative District. He also served as the mayor of Union City.
Rafael Fraguela is an American politician who was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2001 as a Democrat,where he represented the 33rd Legislative District. He then re-registered with the Republican Party and ran unsuccessfully for the New Jersey Senate after the Democrats would not support his candidacy for a second term in the Assembly.
Louis A. Romano was an American Democratic Party politician who served four terms in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 2000,where he represented the 33rd Legislative District.
Felix Roque is a Cuban-American medical doctor,U.S. Army Reserve colonel,and Democratic Party politician,and former Mayor of West New York,New Jersey. The five-person slate he led defeated a slate headed by Mayor Silverio Vega in the May 10,2011 general election and his running mates chose Roque to serve as the town's mayor. Subsequently,to this,his allegiance with Commissioner Count Wiley,who had previously helped him unseat Vega,soured,and Wiley was his chief opponent in the May 2015 election,which Roque won.
The County Executive of Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey,is the chief officer of the county's executive branch and oversees the administration of county government. Approved in a 1977 referendum,the office was inaugurated in 1978 at the same time the Board of Chosen Freeholders,which plays a legislative role,was reconfigured to include a mix of at-large and district seats. The executive offices are located in the county seat,Newark. When the first executive was elected in 1978,The New York Times described that the position was "considered by many to be second in power only to that of the Governor."
The Bergen County Executive is county executive of Bergen County,New Jersey,United States who,as the chief officer of the county's executive branch,oversees the administration of county government. The office was inaugurated in 1986 at the same time the Board of Chosen Freeholders,which plays a legislative role,was reconfigured. The New Jersey Superior Court had subsumed and replaced county courts in 1983. The executive offices are located in the county seat,Hackensack.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 3,2020,to elect the 12 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey,one from each of the state's 12 congressional districts. The primary election in which candidates were chosen took place on July 7,2020. The general election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
