Bethanne McCarthy-Patrick Archives

Salem GOP backs Ramsay and Konawel for Assembly, Ostrum for Surrogate

March 1, 2025 3:12 pmMarch 2, 2025 11:56 pm

Salem County Republicans endorsed two county officials for State Assembly in the swing 3rd legislative district at their convention this morning, backing Salem County Commissioner Edward Ramsay and Gloucester County Commissioner Chris Konawel. Ramsey (45) and Konawel (42) defeated Harrison...

Last Salem County Democrat won’t seek re-election

February 7, 2025 10:45 am

Nicki A. Burke, the last standing Democratic county official in Salem County and a popular vote-getter, will not seek re-election to a fifth term as Surrogate this year, making Republicans the favorites in a county that has become decidedly red...

Long list of GOP candidates emerge for 3rd district Assembly seats

January 8, 2025 6:02 pmJanuary 9, 2025 2:06 am

Two State Assembly seats in deep South Jersey that Democrats flipped in 2023 are atop the GOP target list this year, but with the filing deadline just 75 days away, Republicans don’t have clarity on their candidates, and it’s possible...

A brief electoral history of Ed Durr

September 3, 2024 5:17 pm

In 2017, Jack Ciattarelli was running his first race for governor, losing in the GOP primary but laying the groundwork for a second campaign four years later; Jon Bramnick was winning an eighth full term in the State Assembly, where...

Mapping out South Jersey Democrats’ great election night

November 30, 2023 6:34 pmDecember 1, 2023 10:45 am

Two years ago, South Jersey Democrats faced a reckoning in the New Jersey Legislature. The far-reaching party organization already had a substantial legislative bloc that included the President of the State Senate and the Majority Leader of the Assembly, and...

Burzichelli unseats Ed the Trucker, avenging Steve Sweeney’s loss

November 7, 2023 10:39 pmNovember 8, 2023 2:06 am

State Sen. “Ed the Trucker” Durr (R-Logan), who rose to immense and sudden fame in 2021 when he unseated Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford), has lost re-election, the New Jersey Globe projects. Former Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro) leads Durr...

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...