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51 New Jersey women sign letter praising Platkin nomination as attorney general, urging his confirmation

February 10, 2022 2:12 amFebruary 10, 2022 5:46 pm

Some of the New Jersey’s most influential women leaders have signed on to a letter endorsing Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as Attorney General, a move intended to send a signal to some members of the State Senate...

Who were the holdouts on the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act?

January 18, 2022 6:00 amJanuary 17, 2022 11:15 pm

When the New Jersey legislature passed the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act last week, codifying abortion into state law, it did so largely on partisan lines: Democrats were eager to support the bill while Republicans lined up against it. But...

Bramnick, Matsikoudis, Muñoz win in the 21st district

November 2, 2021 11:05 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:04 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) has been elected to the Senate in the 21st district, and that Assemblywoman Nancy Muñoz (R-Summit) and Republican New Providence Councilwoman Michele Matsikoudis have been elected to...

Bramnick blows field away in LD21 fundraising

October 12, 2021 2:40 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield)’s campaign to succeed Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) is well ahead in the money race, according to fundraising reports released today by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). Bramnick reported...

NOW-NJ complains that another white guy picked as legislative redistricting tiebreaker

October 8, 2021 4:16 pm

Women will need to wait until at least 2031 to break any glass ceilings on redistricting tiebreakers after the selections of former Superior Court Judge Philip C. Carchman for the Legislative Apportionment Commission. Men are now 10-0 in becoming the...

Andy Kim’s new PAC endorses six candidates for ’21 election

September 29, 2021 12:59 pmSeptember 29, 2021 1:02 pm

A political action committee launched by Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) earlier this year to help Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders running for public office has announced their first wave of endorsements: Edison mayoral candidate Sam Joshi and five Democratic candidates...

Republicans nominate Munoz, Matsikoudis in District 21

June 8, 2021 8:53 pm

Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz (R-Summit) and New Providence Councilwoman Michele Matsikoudis defeated Jennifer Makar to win nominations for Assembly in the 21st district Tuesday. Assemblyman Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) was unopposed in his bid for the GOP nod for State Senate. State...