Arline Friscia Archives - New Jersey Globe

The year the Assembly had three party switchers

October 19, 2019 4:32 pmOctober 19, 2019 4:35 pm

After Assemblywoman Arline Friscia decided to switch parties and seek re-election as a Republican in August 2003, then-Assembly Speaker Albio Sires removed her as Assembly Labor Committee Chair and replaced her with Joseph Egan, a freshman Democrat from New Brunswick....

Arline Friscia, former Middlesex assemblywoman, dies at 84

October 18, 2019 11:52 amOctober 19, 2019 11:31 am

Arline M. Friscia, who served eight years as a New Jersey assemblywoman where she sponsored a law top expand the state’s family leave law, died on Wednesday. She was 84. In 1995, Friscia unseated Republican incumbents who had captured Middlesex...

Sayreville mayor won’t seek re-election

March 21, 2019 11:47 amMarch 27, 2019 9:58 am

Republican Sayreville Mayor Kennedy O’Brien will not seek re-election after 23 years in local office, giving Democrats a chance to win their first mayoral election in one of the state’s premier blue collar swing towns. The Courier-News was the first...

Coughlin, Lopez announce reelection runs

March 12, 2019 5:47 pmMarch 13, 2019 12:02 am

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez announced they would run for reelection Tuesday. “I am excited to announce my re-election campaign with Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez in 2019 to continue representing the 19th legislative district,” Coughlin said in a post on...

Addiego is first Senate party switcher since Zane

January 28, 2019 4:17 pmJanuary 28, 2019 4:35 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...