Bob Menendez Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sires has $226k in campaign warchest

January 17, 2020 11:06 am

Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) banked $226,155 in 2019 as he prepares to seek re-election to a ninth term in New Jersey’s 8th district. Sires raised $143,916 in the 4th quarter of last year and a total of $290,509...

Murphy won’t endorse another presidential candidate

January 15, 2020 8:17 amJanuary 15, 2020 8:25 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has no plans to make a quick endorsement of another presidential candidate, clearing the way for Democratic county chairs to make their own decisions about awarding organization lines for the New Jersey Democratic primary in June. “The...

Barbara Boxer joins Mercury

January 7, 2020 9:22 amJanuary 7, 2020 9:25 am

Barbara Boxer, a former four-term U.S. Senator from California, has joined Mercury as co-chair. The global public strategy firm has a large presence in New Jersey, where Michael DuHaime, Michael Soliman and Mo Butler serve as partners. DuHaime spent eight...

Group seeking lower drug prices boosts Kim

January 6, 2020 6:00 amJanuary 5, 2020 11:26 pm

A group that advocates for lower prescription drug prices will begin airing digital ads thanking freshman Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) for standing up to big pharma. Kim was a co-sponsor of a bill that would permit Medicare to negotiate directly...

How Bob Menendez became a mayor

January 3, 2020 9:30 am

It’s a story that happens often in New Jersey politics, where cliques and factions sometimes create toxic environments within one party in control of local government. That was in the case in Galloway on Thursday night, where a Republican township...

What happens if Booker doesn’t run for re-election to the Senate

December 31, 2019 3:50 pmJanuary 7, 2020 5:00 pm

The filing deadline for the June 2020 primary is less than three months away and Cory Booker has not yet announced if he will seek re-election to the United States Senate. Booker is at 3% in two national polls released...

New Jersey Globe 2019 Year in Review

December 30, 2019 9:00 amDecember 31, 2019 6:34 pm

Politics in New Jersey never disappoints, even in an off-off year. Here’s the New Jersey Globe’s take on the best and worst of 2019. Click here to download the New Jersey Globe Year in Review. Click here to download the...