Welcome to the Website of the Madison Democratic Committee
A borough of Morris County, New Jersey, Madison is known as the Rose City as it once had extensive greenhouses serving the cut flower trade. Today, the Rose City is still blooming and home to over 16,000 people, two universities – Drew and Fairleigh Dickinson – and a thriving central business district. The borough government consists of a directly elected mayor, who serves a four-year term, and a borough council, whose members are elected to serve three-year terms of office, with two seats elected each year.
Madison is a diverse community with a significant Democratic presence in local government. With the election of November 2011, The Mayor, Bob Conley, and one of the six members of the Borough Council, Carmela Vitale, are Democrats. The Madison Democratic Committee consists of as many as 28 members: one man and one woman for each of the 14 voting districts in the borough. (Click here for an map of the Madison voting districts.) The Committee members are elected every 2 years during the primary elections, and vacancies can be filled by a vote of the existing members of the Committee. Committee is responsible for selecting candidates who will run on the Regular Democratic Party line in primary elections.
Conley and Vitale Elected
Running on a platform of fiscal responsibility, respect for volunteers, and inclusion, Democratic candidates Bob Conley and Carmela Vitale were elected Madison Mayor and Councilwoman, respectively. They were installed in office on Sunday, January 1 at Borough Hall. Democratic legislative candidates Codey, Jasey, and McKeon were also all returned to office.
Democrat for Congress - John Arvanites
John Arvanites is the kind of citizen-legislator that suburban and rural New Jersey voters seek to replace the radicals in Congress. Supported by acoalition of Democats, Republicans and Independents committed to reform, John Arvanites challenged an entrenched big-spending political machine to win an upset victory as Mayor of Roseland in 2007.
As mayor, he cut waste, froze hiring, eliminated overtime abuses, and shrunk government. At a time when property taxes elsewhere were spiraling out of control, John stood out for delivering budgets without tax increases. At the same time, he became increasingly impatient with how extremists in Congress put partisan advantage above solving our serious problems.
When Congress brought America to the brink of defaulting on our debt and shutting down government, John had enough. John decided to run for Congress to provide a voice for the unrepresented majority: those of us, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Conservatives and Liberals who shun political games and seek common ground to put America on the road to recovery.
To read more about John Arvanites, click here
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