Aura Dunn Archives

Tributes continue for trailblazer Candy Straight

June 14, 2021 6:40 pmJune 14, 2021 7:13 pm

A former Republican governor of Hawaii and a Democratic congresswoman from Essex County joined were among those who lauded the life of Candy Straight, a longtime advocate of electing women to public office, who died on Sunday at age 73....

DiMaso ousted after being dropped from Monmouth GOP line

June 8, 2021 9:21 pm

The Monmouth County line proved too much for Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) to overcome. Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel School Board President Vicky Flynn will go on to the general election. The contest in the 13th district was one...

School mask mandate the latest draw for Republican ire

May 25, 2021 3:55 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is facing Republican calls to walk back comments saying children would still be required to wear masks in school next fall. “It’s an outrage for our caucus and for parents across the state,” Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham)...

Marino will exit Assembly race, will back Barnett and Veres

April 2, 2021 12:05 pm

Matthew Marino will drop his bid for the Democratic State Assembly nomination in the 25th district and will support the candidates selected by Morris County Democrats. Marino, a Bernardsville resident, had won the Somerset County Democratic organization line to take...

Ten Republican legislators back DeCroce amid party division

April 1, 2021 5:32 pm

Republican legislators are picking sides in the 26th legislative district’s primary. Three GOP Senators and seven Assembly members endorsed Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany-Troy Hills) in a three-candidate race where each of the district’s three county Republican organizations have backed a...

All 7 Republican Assemblywomen want Hicks gone

January 27, 2021 12:56 pm

Republican women want Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks out of a job too. All seven of the state’s Republican Assemblywomen called for Hicks’ removal over reports of severe beatings at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, the state’s only women’s prison. “The...

Bucco sworn into remaining year of Senate term

January 11, 2021 2:30 pmJanuary 11, 2021 2:38 pm

State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) was sworn into the remaining year of his late father’s term Monday. Bucco first won the seat in 2019, after State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco (R-Boonton) died of a heart attack. Then running for...