Angela Perun Archives - New Jersey Globe

Levine won’t rule out bid for state office

December 9, 2020 10:19 amDecember 9, 2020 11:17 am

Outgoing Somerset County Freeholder Brian Levine declined to rule out mounting a bid for state legislature Wednesday. “I haven’t ruled anything out as of yet. I think I’ll jump in the saddle at some point soon. It could be in...

The time an assemblyman won off the line

June 1, 2019 9:12 pm

It’s not uncommon for legislators to be dumped from the organization line and those who fight back hardly ever win. One of the most memorable examples of an assemblyman winning without party support was in 1979, when the Middlesex Democratic...

Badovinac, Concepcion-Powell running in deep-blue 17th

April 1, 2019 2:51 pmApril 2, 2019 12:14 pm

Patricia Badovinac and Maria Concepcion-Powell filed petitions to challenge Assemblymen Joseph Egan and Joe Danielsen Monday. Powell ran for president of Mexico in 2018, one of 40 independent candidates in the race. The National Electoral Institute, which runs elections in...

17th is one of eight NJ legislative districts where Dems are undefeated

March 11, 2019 12:02 amMarch 10, 2019 10:52 pm

New Jersey’s 17th legislative district has been occupied by just Democrats since the state first adopted a 40-district map in 1973. It’s one of eight districts that Republicans have never won. The New Brunswick-based district has 61,309 Democrats, 15,526 Republicans...

Addiego is first Senate party switcher since Zane

January 28, 2019 4:17 pmFebruary 12, 2023 8:12 pm

If State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) wins re-election as a Democrat in 2021, she would be the first party switcher to hold a seat in the New Jersey Legislature since the current State Constitution was adopted in 1947. She would...

Some districts just send white guys to Trenton

January 25, 2019 7:33 pmJanuary 25, 2019 8:13 pm

When Morris County voters elected Josephine Margetts (R-New Vernon) and Ann Klein (D-Morris Township) to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1971, the county accounted for two-thirds of the total number of women in the lower house. The Morris County-based...