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With Democrats controlling White House and Senate, Neals is likely to get second shot at federal judgeship

January 11, 2021 8:30 amJanuary 11, 2021 3:55 pm

Julien X. Neals, whose 2015 nomination for a federal judgeship was squashed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is widely expected to get another chance to serve on the bench, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Both U.S. Senators from...

Biden picks Johnson for national testing coordinator

December 29, 2020 5:53 pmDecember 30, 2020 10:39 am

State Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson will head to Washington next month to join President-elect Joe Biden’s White House COVID-19 Response Team, Gov. Phil murphy announced Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Sarah Adelman, who manages more than $17 billion in programs under...

New Jersey tends to elect a new governor in the year a new president takes office

December 9, 2020 1:04 pmDecember 9, 2020 7:25 pm

Newly elected presidents are almost always followed by new governors of New Jersey. Since 1953, ten new presidents saw New Jersey elect a new governor in their inauguration year, and the president saw a governor of the opposite political party...

Biden expected to name New Jersey woman as top economic advisor

November 30, 2020 9:51 amNovember 30, 2020 10:55 am

A New Jersey academic is slated for a major White House position in the Biden Administration. Cecilia Rouse, the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, is expected to be named chair of the Council of Economic...

Republicans take freeholder seat, but Democrats keep surrogacy in Salem

November 19, 2020 7:54 pmNovember 19, 2020 8:17 pm

Edward Ramsey has defeated Democratic Salem County Freeholder Charles Hassler, leaving Democrats with a single seat on the board, but Surrogate Nicki Burke defeated her Republican challenger to win another term. The margins in New Jersey’s smallest county were slim,...

Sabato’s Crystal Ball shifts NJ-2 to ‘toss-up’

October 1, 2020 2:28 amOctober 1, 2020 7:47 pm

Sabato’s Crystal Ball sees a very close race in the second congressional district. The race rater on Thursday shifted its outlook on the race from leans Republican to toss-up. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) faces a challenge from former teacher...

Menendez, Booker have little hope of blocking Supreme Court nominee

September 28, 2020 3:49 pm

New Jersey’s U.S. senators don’t have much hope they’ll stop Republicans from appointing a new Supreme Court justice, so they’re pointing incensed voters toward the ballot box. “We’re going to use every procedural tactic we can to try to stop...