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 a 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.
Democratic candidates for Borough Council, Astri Baillie and Ben Wolkowitz, are issuing a series of white papers that detail their positions and ideas on key issues facing Madison. Click here to view the list of the currently available white papers that have been issued by the candidates, along with links for accessing them.
Democratic candidates Astri Baillie and Ben Wolkowitz were elected to the Madison Borough Council by margins of approximately 300 votes according to premilinary results provided by the Morris County Board of Elections. Click here to read more.