David Wildstein, Author at New Jersey Globe

Lagana poised to take Gordon Senate seat

April 2, 2018 12:10 pmApril 2, 2018 3:30 pm

Assemblyman Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus) will be the Democratic organization choice for State Senator, once incumbent Bob Gordon (D-Fair Lawn) is nominated and confirmed as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Democratic sources say that Lagana will...

Hurlock won’t run for Congress

April 2, 2018 11:51 amApril 2, 2018 1:21 pm

Montclair Councilman Bill Hurlock has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district and has not decided if he will endorse one of the other candidates. “Timing – like many things in life as...

Watson Coleman files for third term

April 2, 2018 11:44 amApril 2, 2018 1:16 pm

In a move that was entirely expected, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) has filed petitions for re-election to a third term in Congress. “We have a lot more to get done,” said Watson Coleman, who was elected in 2014 after...

Dunn enters race for Morris Freeholder

April 2, 2018 10:32 amApril 2, 2018 12:20 pm

Aura Kenny Dunn, a top aide to Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, will seek the Republican nomination for Morris County Freeholder. She will file her nominating petitions today in Morristown. House Ethics rules require staffers to get the consent of the employing...

Bill Macchi, ex-Jersey City mayoral candidate, dies

April 2, 2018 9:58 amApril 2, 2018 12:11 pm

William A. Macchi, a likeable Jersey City politician who ran for mayor as the handpicked successor of Paul Jordan in 1977, passed away on Thursday. He was 70 and died of complications from cancer. Macchi was Jersey City’s director of...

Talk of a DeCroce-Mastrangelo ticket in ’19

April 2, 2018 9:22 amApril 2, 2018 11:51 am

Sources say that Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) is preparing to run for re-election in 2019 on a ticket with Morris County Freeholder Tom Mastrangelo (R-Montville), whether Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) wins his congressional race or not. In 2017, DeCroce...

Zwigard pushes for reciprocal endorsements

April 2, 2018 8:55 amApril 2, 2018 11:44 am

Jay Webber needs to come out of Morris County with a huge plurality in the GOP congressional primary, which is one of several reasons why the five-term Assemblyman is staying out of an increasingly rabid campaign for Morris Republican County...