NJ YOUNG DEMOCRATS ENDORSE BALWIERCZAK FOR NA BOROUGH COUNCIL
First time candidate is one of just 42 YD’s endorsed this November!
NORTH ARLINGTON – With the stated mission to organize, engage, advocate and elect, the New Jersey Young Democrats have endorsed first-time candidate for the North Arlington Borough Council, John Balwierczak.
The New Jersey Young Democrats (in conjunction with the NJDSC Youth Caucus) is the official youth arm of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. From ages 14-40, members are making a difference at all levels of government. From grassroots activists to governmental staffers to elected officials, the NJ Young Dems are working to effect progressive change in the great State of New Jersey.
This election season, the New Jersey Young Democrats (NJYD) is proud to endorse 42 young Democratic candidates through the age of 40 and support 51 candidates 41 and over. NJYD’s endorsements and support do not denote and are not an exhaustive list of all campaigns NJYD supports in New Jersey; these lists comprise those exclusively who applied for NJYD’s endorsement or support.
View the lists and read the full press release here. https://www.njyoungdems.com/new_jersey_young_democrats_announces_endorsement_and_support_lists_for_2024_election
Balwierczak, a life-long resident of the community and graduate of North Arlington High School where he played varsity basketball for the Vikings was humbled by the endorsement. 
“This endorsement is a recognition of the commitment and hard work put into this grass roots campaign. John and I are the North Arlington First Team. We are committed to the proposition of protecting our small class sizes and the notion NA remain small, safe and suburban. We reject the overdevelopment practices of the incumbents as well as their outrageous tax hike that is a detriment to seniors and working families. We reject the density, increase in traffic and decrease in residential street parking all over North Arlington. We need to restore responsible two-party government and end this monopoly of all Republicans all of the time,” offered Balwierczak, a Chestnut Street resident. 
Meet the Democrats any Saturday between now and Election Day from 9am to 12pm at the North Arlington Post Office located at Ridge Park Drive. To join the campaign, contact (201) 655-8497. You can register to vote, fill out a community survey or pick-up a sign for your lawn or window.
Local Democrats are trying to break the all-Republican Mayor and Council with a win for the first time since 2016.
No Democrat has served on the governing body since 2019. The Democrats are running under the slogan of keeping North Arlington small, safe and suburban. The Republicans have recklessly voted to construct hundreds of apartments along Ridge Road with hundreds more to come as this plague is now metastasizing to Schuyler Avenue, the Belleville Turnpike and River Road.