BettyLou DeCroce Archives - New Jersey Globe

Pennacchio, Corrado hold GOP-leaning North Jersey legislative districts

November 7, 2023 11:00 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:13 am

Two GOP-leaning North Jersey legislative districts, the Morris County-based 26th district and the Passaic and Essex County-based 40th district, have elected full slates of Republican legislators, the New Jersey Globe projects. The 26th district hosted an intense primary earlier this...

Ciattarelli, Guadagno among Christie’s presidential campaign donors

July 20, 2023 12:04 pmNovember 11, 2024 10:08 pm

The two most recent Republican nominees for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli and Kim Guadagno, both gave substantial donations to the presidential campaign of their predecessor, Gov. Chris Christie. The day after Christie launched his campaign last month, Ciattarelli,...

A closer look at more of last week’s legislative primaries

June 14, 2023 5:16 pmJune 15, 2023 3:48 am

Every New Jersey primary tells a story. Sometimes, that story is not a very interesting one – the heavily favored candidate wins by a lot and everyone goes home. But in more competitive contests, primary results reveal all sorts of...

Pennachio, Webber, Bergen victorious in competitive LD26 Republican primary

June 6, 2023 10:20 pmJune 7, 2023 3:19 am

Three incumbent legislators from the 26th district – State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville), Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains), and Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) – have won their respective Republican primaries after an intense campaign, the New Jersey Globe projects. All...

Five ways of looking at the LD26 GOP primary

May 26, 2023 4:45 pmMay 30, 2023 10:25 am

At first glance, New Jersey’s 26th legislative district, a staunchly Republican district based in Morris County, is not the most obvious place for a highly competitive GOP primary. Its three incumbents – State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville), Assemblyman Jay Webber...

LD26 incumbents well ahead in fundraising

May 16, 2023 1:57 pmMay 17, 2023 2:30 pm

Facing a challenge from several current and former officeholders, the slate of incumbent Republican lawmakers in the 26th legislative district has a huge financial edge ahead of the June 6 GOP primary. State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville) has a whopping...

DeCroce hits back, says Bergen doesn’t get anything done

May 4, 2023 2:04 pmMay 4, 2023 3:42 pm

Former Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) hit back today at Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville)’s attacks on her attendance record, highlighting her history of accomplishments and saying that Bergen gets little done in the legislature. Bergen, who will face DeCroce in next...