file photo by Boyd Loving Ridgewood Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon and Mayor Susan Knudsen
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Ridgewood NJ, The word is that Ridgewood Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon (Democratic ) will run for State Senate in the 40th district against incumbent Kristin Corrado.
The 40th district covers the Bergen County municipalities of Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park, Ridgewood, Waldwick and Wyckoff; the Essex County township of Cedar Grove; the Morris County municipalities of and Pequannock Township and Riverdale; and the Passaic County municipalities of Little Falls, Pompton Lakes, Totowa, Wayne and Woodland Park.
As of the 2010 census, a total of 216,232 civilians reside within New Jersey’s fortieth state senate district. New Jersey state senators represent an average of 219,797 residents, as of the 2010 Census. After the 2000 Census, each member represented 210,359 residents.
Sedon is currently the Village of Ridgewood Council Representative to the Green Team Advisory Committee , Council Representative to the Shade Tree Commission , Council Liaison to the Ridgewood Community Center Advisory Board and Council Liaison to the Ridgewood Arts Council .
Sedon’s distinguished political career has been marked by two notable events ; The first was the anonymous email attack alleged to be by then Mayor Paul Aronsohn and or his associates to get Sedon fired from his reporter job and second was his run it with animal activists over some off hand comments he made about bear hunting.
Sedon joins the long list of Ridgewood residents who have run for state office in the 40th district which include Paul Vagianos, Matt Rogers, Mark Bombace and Frank Delvecchio. I am sure we may have missed a few.
Ridgewood resident David Russo held an assembly seat in the 40th from 1990-2017 .
Previously Sedon ran for election to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent District 40 but withdrew before the general election on November 5, 2019.
The incumbent is Kristin Corrado (Republican ) is a very active member of the New Jersey State Senate, representing District 40 since 2017. Corrado is running for re-election . She declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on June 8, 2021.
Best of luck to Mike!
To set the record straight, it was alleged that Paul Aronsohn telephoned Mr. Sedon’s former employer, the Staten Island Advance.
Go Mike! So proud of you.
One down and 5 to go.
Ya’ think the seat gets filled with another member of the Mayor’s posse?
Good for Mike. One of the good guys.
It’s a really dirty business, Mike. Good luck.
Go Mike. Good luck. Please win and then cut our taxes!
Yes Mike is a good guy. He knows all the bullshit.
Is this a joke? What credentials does he have?
He can join the long list of Ridgewood residents who tried and failed.
I am a big fan of Mike Sedon. When he was a reporter for the Ridgewood News, he was the first person to uncover what turned out to be “ Coin Gate.” The figures didn’t add up and he alerted the town. They took their time until there was no way to hide it anymore. I wish him the best of luck in this next chapter of his life!
Mike has zero accomplishments and the shade tree committee and lack of results is a nightmare
Further he voted to change the timing of the school election and then didn’t vote. This will giant him in the senate race also
If it wasn’t for the mayor baby sitting him he would be out already as council
4-5% tax increase …. great accomplishment. Not
He can’t even maintain his property or that of his tenant next door. If a person doesn’t take pride in one’s own home as part of the broader community, he certainly isn’t going to put effort into the betterment of others. And, yes, it absolutely IS relevant.
Mike is running on “flooding mitigation” – perhaps he should explain the $1.6m bond, the continuous flooding of village hall and the hundreds of thousands of dollars on new turf replacement fields. Yeah, that’s not a good platform to be running on. SIGH.
Mike probably has been set up to run for a higher political position.and I mean “set up”as it sounds. They want him in a higher political position and Paul has the identical plans after he is convinced–by his buddies–that he will win easily. He has been told he will be an immediate win if his only competition is Melanie but he’s enough aware that she could beat him that his “pals” got her fired due to their political persuasion. Let’s hope she wins by a landslide.