David Wildstein and Nikita Biryukov, Author at New Jersey Globe

Top Murphy aide watched Dye bash Jews, call Schaer a ‘slave master’

August 23, 2019 1:57 pmAugust 23, 2019 4:37 pm

A top member of Gov. Phil Murphy’s staff attended a March 2017 meeting of the Passaic NAACP when Jeffrey Dye launched an attack on Jews and Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic). Rev. Derrick Greene was serving as African American outreach director...

Somerset GOP sheriff primary too close to call

June 5, 2019 12:43 amJune 5, 2019 1:02 am

The race for the Republican nomination for Somerset County Sheriff is too close to call and there is unlikely to be a winner any earlier that Friday. With 100% of the machine votes counted, Bill Parenti has a 223 vote...

Siciliano slate in Ocean Township wins four seats

May 14, 2019 9:30 pmMay 14, 2019 11:33 pm

A slate of candidates for Ocean Township Council led by Mayor Christopher Siciliano won 4 out of 5 seats, with incumbent Robert Acerra narrowly leading in a non-partisan election that had enormous partisan overtones. Acerra, dropped from Siciliano’s ticket after...

Rodriguez slate sweeps West New York as Roque loses re-election

May 14, 2019 8:58 pmMay 15, 2019 12:51 am

West New York mayor Felix Roque was defeated in his bid for a third term against a slate of candidates headed by commissioner Gabriel Rodriguez that had the strong support of Rep. Albio Sires. Three of the incumbent commissioners –...

Sacco clobbers Wainstein in North Bergen race

May 14, 2019 8:55 pmMay 15, 2019 1:44 am

North Bergen Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco won an overwhelming landslide victory over challenger Larry Wainstein as voters re-elected him to a 10th term on the township commission on Tuesday evening. Sacco won a head-to-head contest against Wainstein with 69%, 7,768...

Munoz not bothered by Bramnick solo ad

January 22, 2019 3:02 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Bramnick) is concerned enough about his own re-election to begin airing a new ad eleven months before election day. The new Bramnick ad doesn’t mention his longtime running mate, but Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz (R-Summit) says...

Some Dems still angry with Currie

August 9, 2018 3:15 amAugust 9, 2018 3:20 pm

Six weeks after the state budget battle ended, some party leaders remain angered by a perception that Democratic State Chairman John Currie sided with Gov. Phil Murphy and used the state party apparatus to attack Democratic lawmakers. But the issue...