Amy Handlin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Tea Party firebrand Anna Little has become one of the nation’s most immigrant-friendly judges

July 16, 2026 11:19 amJuly 21, 2026 12:03 am

Anna Little built her political career as one of New Jersey’s most prominent Tea Party Republicans, riding the conservative wave of 2010 to within striking distance of unseating Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch). When Little left New Jersey politics...

O’Scanlon, Flynn, Scharfenberger re-elected to 13th district seats

November 7, 2023 9:06 pmNovember 7, 2023 9:07 pm

Three Republican incumbents in the Monmouth County-based 13th legislative district – State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver), Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R-Middletown), and Assemblywoman Vicky Flynn (R-Holmdel) – have won re-election, the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 9:06 p.m. and...

O’Scanlon, Flynn, Scharfenberger launch re-election campaign in LD13

January 20, 2023 12:37 pmJanuary 21, 2023 9:43 am

The three Republican incumbents representing New Jersey’s 13th legislative district – State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver), Assemblywoman Vicky Flynn (R-Holmdel), and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) – announced today that they will run for re-election this year. Included in their...

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...