Bethanne McCarthy-Patrick Archives

Durr tells Rutgers to end vaccine mandate

August 24, 2023 2:00 pm

State Sen. Edward Durr (R-Logan) and his running mates are asking Rutgers University to lift a Covid vaccination mandate that continues even though Gov. Phil Murphy has closed out executive orders that require vaccines. “If Rutgers leadership had any sense...

Energy heating up as top issue this cycle

August 23, 2023 6:21 pm

Republicans want to escalate energy policy into a major political issue this year as Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration defends controversial comments about electric vehicles. In an interview given last month and published yesterday, Katie Klinger, the director of the Governor’s...

Durr won every single town in his victory against Sawyer

June 9, 2023 12:56 pmJune 9, 2023 12:57 pm

Just a few months ago, State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) looked like he was in serious trouble. Durr had famously managed to unseat a sitting Senate President, but would he be able to beat the local Republicans, led by his...

Durr beats Sawyer in 3rd district GOP showdown

June 6, 2023 8:47 pmJune 6, 2023 11:19 pm

State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) has secured renomination in the 3rd legislative district after defeating his own former running mate, Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich), the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 11:20 p.m., Durr has 65% of the vote to...

Watch for big geographic divides in next week’s GOP primaries

June 2, 2023 3:23 pm

In theory, when New Jersey voters go to the polls next Tuesday, they can vote for whoever they’d like. They could cast their vote for establishment-backed candidates, or for their insurgent challengers, or for Mickey Mouse if they so choose....

After endorsing Pennacchio, NRA says Mastrangelo is distributing knockoff postcards

May 19, 2023 4:19 pmMay 19, 2023 4:20 pm

The political arm of the National Rifle Association (NRA) has endorsed State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville) for re-election this year, making him one of several legislative candidates the group is backing. But it appears that Pennacchio’s opponent, Morris County Commissioner...

Durr outraises Sawyer, though both remain slow fundraisers

May 16, 2023 11:24 amMay 16, 2023 5:03 pm

State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) has outraised Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich) in their GOP primary contest, but neither has a huge amount of money on-hand with less than a month to go. As of 29-day pre-primary reports released earlier today,...