Antwan McClellan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins

January 11, 2022 4:09 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:08 pm

The New Jersey State Legislature swore in 21 new members today to mark the beginning of the 220th legislative session, following last year’s election that saw Republicans make significant gains across the state. Among the new members are three Asian...

Testa, McClellan, Simonsen win in the 1st district

November 2, 2021 10:38 pmDecember 17, 2021 10:11 am

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Michael Testa (R-Vineland), Assemblyman Antwan McClellan (R-Ocean City), and Assemblyman Erik Simonsen (R-Lower) have won re-election to the 1st legislative district. Testa defeated former parole board hearing officer Yolanda Garcia Balicki...

Conservative activists looking to undo Muñoz coalition for minority leader

October 19, 2021 6:51 pmOctober 19, 2021 6:51 pm

Some conservative leaders are making a play to pull back votes from a coalition to make Nancy Muñoz the new Assembly Minority Leader, applying pressuring individual lawmakers. Several legislators have told the New Jersey Globe that calls are coming from...

Muñoz has votes to become new Assembly minority leader

October 15, 2021 5:28 pmOctober 17, 2021 9:46 am

Nancy Muñoz appears set to become the next minority leader of the New Jersey State Assembly after forging a coalition with John DiMaio, the New Jersey Globe has learned. DiMaio (R-Hackettstown) will drop his bid for the post and become...

Testa leads Garcia Balicki by 13 in Stockton poll

October 13, 2021 12:14 pm

State Sen. Michael Testa (R-Vineland) leads his Democratic opponent Yolanda Garcia Balicki by a 49-36% margin, according to a rare legislative poll of the 1st legislative district released today by Stockton University. The poll also found Testa’s running mates, Assemblyman...

Republicans crushing Democrats in 1st legislative district fundraising

October 12, 2021 12:28 pm

Democrats held the 1st legislative district as recently as 2019, but fundraising reports released today by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) show that the party does not seem to be mounting a strong effort to take back...

Democrats to switch Assembly candidates in 1st district

August 26, 2021 9:56 amAugust 26, 2021 11:24 am

A Democratic candidate for State Assembly in the 1st district has dropped out of the race and will be replaced on the ticket on September 2 by Dr. Julia Hankerson, a former state Department of Human Services official. Christopher Wilson...