Alixon Collazos-Gill Archives

McKeon plans re-election bid, endorses Bagolie and Collazos-Gill for Assembly

July 1, 2026 6:06 pm

State Sen. John McKeon (D-West Orange) confirmed Tuesday that he will seek re-election next year, setting the stage for what could become one of New Jersey’s most closely watched Democratic legislative primaries as factional divisions within the 27th Legislative District...

Progressive slate thwarted in bid for Essex Democratic State Committee seats

March 21, 2026 2:15 pmMarch 21, 2026 2:20 pm

In what looks like a substantial victory for Essex County Democratic Chairman and New Jersey Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr., a slate of candidates backed by party leaders captured ten Democratic State Committee seats in Essex County in a...

Legislative Democrats to introduce new slate of anti-ICE bills

February 17, 2026 12:55 pm

A group of legislative Democrats announced a package of bills to bolster New Jersey’s opposition to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement, including a bill that would disqualify most Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents under President Donald Trump from holding...

Murphy signs bill reforming House special elections procedure

January 15, 2026 1:10 pmJanuary 15, 2026 3:55 pm

Outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill tightening and standardizing how the state fills vacancies in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, legislation spurred by a recent spate of vacancies. The bill, which cleared the Legislature on Monday, requires...

Gill’s first TV ads come out swinging against Malinowski

January 15, 2026 7:01 amJanuary 14, 2026 10:33 pm

Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill (D-Montclair) is out with his first two TV ads of the special Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district, and neither pulls any punches against one of Gill’s main opponents, former Rep. Tom Malinowski....

Bagolie, Collazos-Gill win in LD27

November 4, 2025 9:41 pmNovember 4, 2025 11:59 pm

Assemblywomen Rosy Bagolie (D-Livingston) and Alixon Collazos-Gill (D-Montclair) have won re-election in the 27th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, keeping Mikie Sherrill’s seat in Democratic hands. As of 11:59 p.m. and with nearly every vote counted, Bagolie and...

Environmental group endorses 9 Democratic Assembly nominees

October 10, 2025 1:14 pm

Clean Water Action, a national environmental group with nearly a million members, endorsed a slate of nine Democratic Assembly nominees on Friday. The group endorsed Assemblywoman Andrea Katz in LD-8, Assemblywomen Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul in LD-11, Assemblywoman Verlina...