Andrew Zwicker Archives - New Jersey Globe

Zwicker, Codey want to ban LIV Golf from N.J. over Saudi connections

August 16, 2022 10:44 am

Two weeks ago, LIV Golf – a new golf league funded by the Saudi Arabian government – held an invitational at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, the third event of the fledgling organization’s 2022 season. But if two state...

Zwicker says early voting still needs time to catch on

June 9, 2022 4:44 pm

Asked today about low turnout in Tuesday’s primary elections, particularly during the state’s three-day early in-person voting period, State Sen. Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) said that early voting still needs time to catch on among voters and shouldn’t be dismissed...

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Just one state has no law to break election ties and it’s New Jersey

March 23, 2022 12:08 pm

New Jersey is the only state that doesn’t have a tie-breaking statute, so seats sit vacant until judges and county election officials can agree on a date for a do-over election that typically draws relatively few voters. In South Toms...

Initial legislative map proposals leave some incumbents behind

February 8, 2022 5:22 pmFebruary 8, 2022 7:14 pm

Whenever a new political redistricting process begins, one of the most frustrating things to account for is where incumbent legislators already live. Those tasked with redistricting want to draw as logical a map as possible, but they also frequently have...

Republican legislative proposal would create Jersey’s first Asian American district

February 7, 2022 4:19 pm

If the GOP’s legislative map proposal, or something like it, is ultimately approved by Legislative Apportionment Commission tiebreaker Philip Carchman, it could create a first for New Jersey: a legislative district where Asian Americans are the largest racial group. Under...

Zwicker, Diegnan applaud Platkin pick

February 3, 2022 2:35 pmFebruary 3, 2022 4:38 pm

The nomination of Matt Platkin as attorney general today received praise from two Democratic senators from Middlesex County, Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) and Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield). “I am pleased that Governor (Phil) Murphy has nominated Matt Platkin as the...