David Wildstein and Nikita Biryukov, Author at New Jersey Globe

Mailer rips Richter’s record at construction firm, ties him to Gaddafi ‘blood money’

May 20, 2020 10:19 amMay 20, 2020 2:27 pm

A hard-hitting direct mail piece savaging GOP congressional candidate David Richter’s business ventures in China, Syria and Libya and his hiring of Joe Biden’s brother, will hit the mailboxes of Republican primary voters in the next day or two. The...

Murphy: 16,386 New Jerseyans test positive for COVID-19; 198 deaths

March 30, 2020 2:23 pmMarch 30, 2020 3:37 pm

The total number of positive cases for the deadly coronavirus increased by 24.6% since Sunday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced today. New Jersey has 16,386 positive tests, up 3,347 since Sunday. Murphy said that 37 New Jerseyans have died from COVID-19...

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...