David Wildstein and Nikita Biryukov, Author at New Jersey Globe

After backing the losing candidate, Bateman may lose Bridgewater post

December 9, 2019 1:34 pmDecember 9, 2019 2:06 pm

After nearly three decades as the Bridgewater municipal prosecutor, State Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg) might soon be out of an $85,00-a-year part time job. Bateman strongly backed incumbent mayor Daniel Hayes, who lost the June GOP primary by a 2-1...

Democrats step up payments to firm that hired Delgado-Polanco

November 25, 2019 2:54 pmNovember 26, 2019 1:20 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee increased their payments to a political consulting firm that hired Lizette Delgado-Polanco after she resigned as vice chair of the state party. Delgado-Polanco joined The Cratos Group as a senior vice president in April,...

Aura Dunn wins big for Bucco Assembly seat

November 21, 2019 8:07 pmNovember 22, 2019 4:02 pm

Aura Dunn, a former top aide to Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, has been elected to the New Jersey State Assembly, winning a special election convention to fill the remaining seven weeks of Anthony M. Bucco’s current term in the 25th district....

New Jersey Working Families executive director Sue Altman being removed by the New Jersey State Police from a Senate hearing on November 18, 2019. Photo courtesy of Twitter via Pranshu Verma.

Altman say she was targeted for removal from Senate hearing

November 18, 2019 12:09 pmNovember 18, 2019 2:44 pm

Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 1:11 p.m. The State Police physically removed one of George Norcross’ fiercest critics from a State Senate hearing room this morning. Sue Altman, the executive director of New Jersey Working Families, was removed...

Mazzeo, Armato re-elected in 2nd district Assembly race

November 13, 2019 8:01 pmNovember 13, 2019 10:46 pm

Update: Armato has now grown his lead to 916 votes. Vince Mazzeo (D-Northfield) and John Armato (D-Buena Vista) have been re-elected, with late vote-by-mail ballots and provisional ballots from Democratic strongholds like Atlantic City and Pleasantville giving them an insurmountable...

Somerset County Democrats win control of freeholder board

November 12, 2019 1:46 pmNovember 12, 2019 4:47 pm

Former Green Brook Mayor Melonie Marano defeated GOP incumbent Patricia Walsh in a close race for freeholder, giving Democrats control of the Somerset County Board of Freeholders for the first time since 1965. Walsh has not conceded. Going into Tuesday,...

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...