Alex Ball Archives - New Jersey Globe

DiVincenzo has giant fundraising haul after bi-partisan event

March 26, 2026 11:05 amMarch 26, 2026 4:32 pm

Sometimes close personal relationships transcend party lines, and that was on display last night in Cedar Grove, where Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. had a six-figure fundraising haul after a high-dollar event sponsored by two Republicans: former State Sen....

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Sherrill names Alex Ball as chief of staff and Tim Lydon as chief counsel

November 6, 2025 11:19 amNovember 6, 2025 1:00 pm

Two days after her election as New Jersey’s 57th governor, Mikie Sherrill has named the top two members of her senior staff, with Alex Ball, who managed Sherrill’s landslide victory, as chief of staff, and former Superior Court Judge Timothy...

Sherrill qualifies for matching funds with $1.5 million post-primary haul

July 2, 2025 9:36 pmJuly 3, 2025 8:30 am

Mikie Sherrill has raised almost $1.5 million since winning the Democratic gubernatorial primary on June 10 and has submitted over $1.3 million toward matching funds. Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, who announced on July 16 that he’d hit the $580,000 threshold...

Possibly eyeing statewide run, Sherrill names top Democratic operative as chief of staff

December 12, 2022 8:30 amSeptember 4, 2025 5:24 pm

Offering the strongest hint yet that she is preparing to seek statewide office, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) has hired a political operative with experience in national politics and in New Jersey to serve as her new chief of staff. Sherrill...