Abigail Spanberger Archives - New Jersey Globe

The Watcher: North Arlington schools want to take a building from a church using eminent domain

June 25, 2025 5:42 amJuly 13, 2025 4:31 pm

Is there such a thing as Eminence Domain? This could be the start of a joke – five school board members are standing at the pearly gates – except that the brewing legal and political battle between the North Arlington...

National, local women’s groups back Sherrill for governor

November 21, 2024 9:02 pmDecember 4, 2024 1:17 pm

Two Democratic women’s groups – one local and another national – today endorsed a bid by Mikie Sherrill to become the first Democratic woman to serve as Governor of New Jersey. The Morris County Democratic Women’s Caucus voted to back...

Unpredictable House schedule may have knock-on effects in Senate, gubernatorial campaigns

November 20, 2023 3:23 pmNovember 21, 2023 4:35 am

Last Tuesday, the New Jersey League of Municipalities kicked off its annual conference, a raucous, crowded event in Atlantic City that brings a colossal array of New Jersey elected officials and party leaders together to discuss politics and policy. But...

Kim again pushing for bill prohibiting stock ownership across federal government

March 8, 2023 10:43 am

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) announced today that he has reintroduced the Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act, a bill that would prohibit a huge array of federal politicians and officials – including members of Congress, executive branch officials, and federal...

Sherrill parts ways with Blue Dog Coalition

January 24, 2023 5:27 pm

As first reported by Politico this morning, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) has left the Blue Dog Coalition, a small caucus of centrist Democratic House members, alongside six of her colleagues. On the other side of the split, which was over...

Gottheimer, House progressives join forces to call for climate action via BBB

January 31, 2022 5:07 pmJanuary 31, 2022 5:07 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) joined a cross-ideological coalition of House Democrats today to call for the Senate to pass robust climate protections through the Build Back Better Act (BBB), which has stalled in the upper chamber after passing the House...

Three possible Biden VP picks with N.J. ties

March 29, 2020 8:53 pmMarch 29, 2020 9:13 pm

A long list of potential running mates for Joe Biden could include three women with ties to New Jersey, although none are considered leading candidates at this point. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Alabama) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Virginia) were on a list...