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Scharfenberger is leading candidate for Handlin seat

November 15, 2018 7:30 pm

Republican Gerald Scharfenberger, elected just last week to fill an unexpired term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, is the front runner to succeed Amy Handlin in the New Jersey State Assembly, according to several Republican insiders who spoke...

Scharfenberger won’t rule out Assembly bid

November 1, 2018 9:03 am

Monmouth County Freeholder Gerry Scharfenberger has not ruled out running for State Assembly in 2019, the Asbury Park Press sort of reported last night. In an editorial endorsing Scharfenberger’s opponent in the November 6 race for freeholder, the editorial board...

Maybe ’19 could be Hornik’s year

October 8, 2018 3:26 pmOctober 8, 2018 6:42 pm

2019 could be put or shut up time for Jonathan Hornik, the Democratic mayor of Marlboro. The announcement that Amy Handlin will not seek re-election to an eighth term in the State Assembly in 2019 renews speculation that Hornik could...

The race for Handlin’s Assembly seat

October 8, 2018 1:45 pm

The announcement that Amy Handlin won’t run for re-election to the State Assembly in 2019 triggers a race for a rare open seat in a GOP-leaning district. Republicans have a slight edge in voter registration in the 13th district, 45,933...

Handlin won’t seek re-election

October 8, 2018 12:52 pmOctober 9, 2018 10:18 am

Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Middletown) says she will not seek re-election to an eighth term in 2019, setting up a contest for an open seat in a reliably Republican legislative district. Handlin told the New Jersey Globe this afternoon that she...

Sweeney, NJEA agree on Janus

June 27, 2018 7:42 pmJune 28, 2018 8:56 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney is in rare agreement with a group that spent millions trying to oust him from the legislature last year. Sweeney and the New Jersey Education Association both lamented a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued on Wednesday...