Betty Lou DeCroce Archives - New Jersey Globe

DeCroce calls for in-person voting in November, says state should recruit younger poll workers

July 16, 2020 12:29 pmJuly 16, 2020 2:33 pm

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) wants New Jersey to immediate steps to plan for in-person voting for the November 2 general election, calling on the state to transition Election Day poll workers from elderly retires to young college students. “I don’t...

Aura Dunn enters race for Bucco Assembly seat

November 6, 2019 8:40 amNovember 6, 2019 9:49 am

Aura Dunn has announced her candidacy for the 25th district State Assembly seat that Anthony M. Bucco vacated in October to replace his late father in the Senate. Republicans will hold a special election convention on November 21 to fill...

Coughlin to appear at Morris Dem GOTV rally

October 26, 2019 11:57 amOctober 26, 2019 4:08 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin will headline a GOTV rally for Morris County Democrats on Friday, November 1 in East Hanover. Democrats are playing heavily in the Morris-based 25th district, where physician Lisa Bhimani and Wall Streeter-turned-farmer Darcy Draeger are trying...

State PBA endorses Laura Fortgang in 26th

October 25, 2019 4:09 pmOctober 25, 2019 4:10 pm

The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association has added a late endorsement in the 26th district Assembly race, backing Democrat Laura Fortgang against six-term incumbent Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains). The PBA had already endorsed incumbent BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany). “We have...

Operating Engineers spending almost $400k to re-elect Bramnick

October 24, 2019 5:35 pm

Stronger Foundations, a non-profit 527 group with ties to the Operating Engineers Local 825, has spent $310,144 to boost the re-election of Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) in the 21st district, according to reports filed with the New Jersey...

Environmental group sending organizers into some Assembly races

October 1, 2019 1:16 pmOctober 3, 2019 10:49 am

The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters has dispatched three field organizers from their political action committee to organize ground support for their endorsed State Assembly candidates in seven legislative districts. In two of the districts – both with one...

Clarke endorsed by PAC seeking to elect mothers of young children to office

September 26, 2019 10:20 am

A political action committee founded by a former congressional candidate who fought to use campaign funds to pay for childcare while she was campaigning has endorsed Jefferson Democratic Municipal Chair Christine Clarke for State Assembly in the 26th district. Clarke,...