Author: David Wildstein
David Wildstein is the Editor in Chief for the New Jersey Globe.
Menendez urges leniency for his wife
In a letter written from prison, former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez sought to walk back his defense strategy at trial that blamed his wife, Nadine, for his role in a bribery conspiracy — and pleaded with a federal judge to...
Stomping Grounds: Governor’s race, Sherrill transparency, PBS, sluggish judges, and polls
New Jerseyans aren’t always civil, but it’s still possible for a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican to have a rational and pleasant conversation about politics in the state. Dan Bryan is a former senior advisor to Gov. Phil Murphy...
Six file to replace McIver in Newark’s Central Ward
Six candidates have filed to run in a non-partisan November special election to fill the Newark Central Ward city council seat left vacant last fall when Democrat LaMonica McIver resigned to take her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives....
Green Party gets new gubernatorial candidate
Lily Benavides, a former New Hampshire state legislator and an immigrant from Colombia, has filed 2,434 signatures to become the Green Party candidate for governor of New Jersey on the general election ballot, replacing Stephen N. Zielinski, Sr.. Citing a...
Dems will pick Coursey successor today
Atlantic County Democrats are expected to select Rev. Collins Days, Sr., the pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Atlantic City, to fill the seat left empty following the August 5 death of Ernest D. Coursey, Sr.. Days will serve...