Amy DeGise Archives - New Jersey Globe

DeGise rejects open primary for president in Hudson

January 14, 2020 9:19 am

Hudson County Democrats will settle on a single presidential candidate to be on their organization line in the June primary, county chair Amy DeGise told the New Jersey Globe. DeGise dismissed the option of holding an open primary for any...

Grilo takes over for Hudson’s longest-serving mayor

January 5, 2020 6:19 pmJanuary 5, 2020 6:57 pm

Dina Grilo took office on Friday as the mayor of East Newark, six months after unseating Hudson County’s longest-serving mayor in the Democratic primary. Grilo, a 47-year-old financial services executive, defeated Joseph Smith by a vote of 175 to 144. ...

Deal in place to end fight for Dem state chairman

December 17, 2019 4:28 pmDecember 18, 2019 11:22 am

A deal is in place to avoid a vote in the hotly contested race for Democratic State Chairman, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Incumbent John Currie would get eighteen more months as state chairman and then step down, with...

Cunningham not picking sides in state chair race

December 4, 2019 1:50 pmDecember 4, 2019 11:00 pm

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham isn’t making any endorsements in the contest for Democratic state chairman. “I have not supported anyone as of yet,” she said. Incumbent chairman John Currie faces a challenge from Essex County Chairman LeRoy Jones. While a...

Quiñones Perez affirms support of Currie, Schaffer for state party posts

October 1, 2019 1:21 amOctober 1, 2019 1:50 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez continues to deny that she was the instigator of a meeting to seek an alternate candidate for Democratic State Chairman instead of incumbent John Currie, although several sources with direct knowledge of events...

Quiñones Perez organized breakfast that launched plot against Currie

September 29, 2019 11:06 pmSeptember 30, 2019 10:53 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez was the ringleader of a bid to find an alternative candidate for Democratic State Chairman, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Quiñones Perez proposed that Hudson County Democratic Chair Amy DeGise seek the...

Murphy worked the phones to put the genie back on the bottle for Currie

September 29, 2019 6:03 pmSeptember 30, 2019 11:02 am

Gov. Phil Murphy personally called several county chairs this weekend to help repair possible leakage in support for the re-election of Democratic State Chairman John Currie, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The Globe first reported on Saturday that a...