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New chiefs of staffs named for five legislators

January 25, 2022 1:49 pmJanuary 25, 2022 4:47 pm

Two lawmakers named new chiefs of staff on Tuesday, with Leigh Maris joining State Sen. Sam Thompson (R-Old Bridge) and Christian Duffy taking in the top slot in the office of Assembly Majority Conference Leader Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth). Last week,...

Does Monmouth GOP risk DiMaso joining lawsuit to end organization lines?

February 8, 2021 12:41 amJune 7, 2021 7:17 pm

As county chairs from both parties grow increasingly concerned over a federal lawsuit that seeks to end the practice of preferential ballot position for organization lines, a move to dump an incumbent lawmaker in Monmouth County could provide progressive plaintiffs...

Monmouth GOP mulls dropping DiMaso from organization line

January 26, 2021 4:48 pm

Conflicts with top Monmouth County Republican leaders have put Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) in serious danger of losing party support for a third term, setting up a likely convention fight and potentially a bid off the line in the GOP...

Threatening to run if he didn’t get the line almost cost Howard 24 years in Congress

April 12, 2020 3:51 pmJuly 25, 2021 12:51 pm

A political misstep in a closed-door party screening committee might have cost James J. Howard the chance to spends 24 years as a Democratic congressman from a heavily Republican Monmouth-Ocean district. Howard, one of the most politically adept, naturally-gifted politicians...

Rooney names new chief of staff

December 18, 2019 11:20 amDecember 18, 2019 5:24 pm

Assemblyman Kevin Rooney (R-Wyckoff) is getting his third chief of staff after just three years in the New Jersey Legislature. Christopher Orlando, the director of constituent relations and social media for Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Middletown), has assumed the top post...

New Jersey will have record number of women legislators on Monday, but only for 50 days

November 22, 2019 10:51 amNovember 22, 2019 3:58 pm

With the election of Aura Dunn to the State Assembly, Morris County now has two women legislators for the first time since 1973, when Josephine Margetts (R-New Vernon) and Ann Klein (D-Morris Township) served in the legislature. BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany)...

Republican lawmakers disappointed with Bramnick, but say they’ll vote for him as Minority Leader anyway

October 30, 2019 12:11 pmOctober 30, 2019 3:27 pm

Twelve Republican members of the New Jersey General Assembly, all speaking on the condition of anonymity, have expressed frustration with Jon Bramnick’s performance as Minority Leader but acknowledged that they will likely support him for another term if he wins...