Arlene Quiñones Perez Archives

Quiñones Perez affirms support of Currie, Schaffer for state party posts

October 1, 2019 1:21 amOctober 1, 2019 1:50 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez continues to deny that she was the instigator of a meeting to seek an alternate candidate for Democratic State Chairman instead of incumbent John Currie, although several sources with direct knowledge of events...

Quiñones Perez wasn’t always a Murphy fan

October 1, 2019 1:20 amOctober 1, 2019 9:19 am

Arlene Quiñones Perez is a supporter of Gov. Phil Murphy now, but that wasn’t always the case — like the time the Hunterdon County Democratic Chairman sent Murphy on a wild goose chase. Back in 2015, Quiñones Perez was backing...

Quiñones Perez can’t deliver Hunterdon votes in state chairman race

October 1, 2019 1:20 amOctober 1, 2019 11:33 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez, who single-handedly reignited the race for Democratic State Chairman by convening a secret meeting to consider an alternative to incumbent John Currie, may not control any votes in the race. Six sources with...

Quiñones Perez organized breakfast that launched plot against Currie

September 29, 2019 11:06 pmSeptember 30, 2019 10:53 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez was the ringleader of a bid to find an alternative candidate for Democratic State Chairman, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Quiñones Perez proposed that Hudson County Democratic Chair Amy DeGise seek the...

Murphy worked the phones to put the genie back on the bottle for Currie

September 29, 2019 6:03 pmSeptember 30, 2019 11:02 am

Gov. Phil Murphy personally called several county chairs this weekend to help repair possible leakage in support for the re-election of Democratic State Chairman John Currie, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The Globe first reported on Saturday that a...

Four women Democratic county chairs are open to a new state chairman

September 28, 2019 12:28 pmSeptember 29, 2019 6:11 pm

In the first real movement in the race for Democratic State Chair since April, a group of four women Democratic county chairs agreed in a private meeting this week that they are open to a change of leadership at the...

Matos is new LUPE PAC president

June 10, 2019 3:06 pmJune 11, 2019 10:16 am

Laura Matos, who has worked for three New Jersey governors and played a key role in many political campaigns, is the new president of the Latinas United for Political Empowerment Political Action Committee (LUPE PAC). Matos, an executive at the Kivvit...