Andrew Zwicker Archives - New Jersey Globe

Zwicker will take on Bateman for State Senate seat

December 2, 2020 1:34 pm

Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) will challenge four-term GOP incumbent Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg) for the 16th district State Senate seat, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The three-term assemblyman has told party leaders of his intention to seek organization lines...

Close Assembly races, like Dunn vs. Draeger, are not unusual

November 10, 2020 11:59 amNovember 10, 2020 12:22 pm

New Jersey is accustomed to razor-thin pluralities in State Assembly races, like the special election in the 25th district where Democrat Darcy Draeger currently lead Republican Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) by 865 votes in slow-counting Morris County. Three contests over...

Assembly panel advances early voting bill

October 19, 2020 11:50 amOctober 19, 2020 11:52 am

An Assembly panel on Monday approved a bill that would allow New Jerseyans to cast ballots in-person for two weeks ahead of election day. The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick), would allow two weeks early in-person voting...

Suite of voting access bills headed to Murphy’s desk

August 27, 2020 5:43 pm

The Senate and Assembly sent a suite of voting access bills to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk Thursday, with some causing sharp splits along party lines. The majority of the Thursday’s debates centered around a bill requiring secure ballot drop boxes...

Murphy signs bill renaming freeholders

August 21, 2020 4:20 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill retiring the title of county freeholder Friday. They’ll be known as county commissioners starting Jan. 1, 2021. “We have an obligation to ensure that governance in New Jersey is inclusive and representative...

Murphy will sign bill renaming freeholders Friday

August 21, 2020 2:15 pmAugust 21, 2020 4:20 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will sign a bill replacing the title of county freeholder with county commissioner later Friday, he announced during today’s COVID-19 briefing. “I’m going to sign the bill … but it will officially end the title of freeholder...

Assembly Committee clears Ballot Cure Act

August 13, 2020 4:41 pm

An Assembly panel advanced a bill that would mandate the creation of a portal allowing voters to confidentially check whether their mail-in, provisional and overseas ballots were counted. “One of the foundations of our democracy is the right to vote,”...