David Wildstein, Author at New Jersey Globe

The polls are closed as N.J. awaits election results

June 6, 2023 8:00 pmJune 6, 2023 8:48 pm

It’s 8 PM, and the polls are now open for the 2023 New Jersey primary election, even in Cedar Grove. All 120 seats in the New Jersey Legislature are up this year, and control of the State Senate and General...

Old Bridge pasta whistleblower among 18 independent candidates for N.J. legislature

June 6, 2023 7:50 pmJune 13, 2023 10:28 am

Eighteen independent candidates for the New Jersey Legislature submitted nominating petitions in advance of today’s 4 PM deadline, including Nina Jochnowitz, the whistleblower in a strange case involving the dumping of hundreds of pounds of pasta along a creek in...

Hira Shaikh joins governor’s staff

June 6, 2023 4:22 pmJune 6, 2023 4:34 pm

Hira Shaikh has left her job as chief of staff to Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer (D-Montgomery) to join Gov. Phil Murphy’s staff. She will serve as a senior outreach aide to Murphy, serving as a liaison to the AAPI and Muslim...

Christie was against early voting before he was for it

June 6, 2023 3:54 pm

When he was governor in 2013, Chris Christie vetoed legislation that would have permitted early voting in New Jersey. But this weekend, Christie was one of 24,103 people who took advantage of an early voting law signed by his successor,...

Do dead people vote in New Jersey? Maybe, but there’s a system in place to stop it

June 6, 2023 1:29 pm

After he was governor, Brendan Byrne used to make jokes about dead people voting — “I want to be buried in Hudson County so that I can remain active in politics” — but in reality, New Jersey takes very clear...

Christie will try to break the New Jersey curse: no presidents in 112 years

June 6, 2023 12:31 pm

With his entrance into the 2024 presidential race, former Gov. Chris Christie will try again to become the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since 1912. New Jersey has not been known as the Land of Presidents: Gov. Woodrow...

It’s Election Day in New Jersey and the polls are now open

June 6, 2023 6:00 amJune 6, 2023 10:08 am

Good morning, New Jersey. It’s 6 AM, and the polls are now open for the 2023 New Jersey Primary Election – and will be until 8 PM. Saying the polls are open comes with a big asterisk. In reality, people...