Bob Smith Archives - New Jersey Globe

Smith says Piscataway voters ‘chose wisely’ in council races

June 9, 2022 3:29 pmJune 9, 2022 3:30 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) said today that he was pleased with the results of Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Piscataway, in which three party-backed candidates won their council races easily and a fourth holds a narrow lead over her off-the-line...

Bill extending bribery laws to political candidates sails through Senate committee

March 21, 2022 4:54 pm

Less than a week after it passed the Assembly State and Local Government Committee, a bill extending New Jersey’s bribery laws to candidates for political office who don’t hold elected office unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The vote...

Initial legislative map proposals leave some incumbents behind

February 8, 2022 5:22 pmFebruary 8, 2022 7:14 pm

Whenever a new political redistricting process begins, one of the most frustrating things to account for is where incumbent legislators already live. Those tasked with redistricting want to draw as logical a map as possible, but they also frequently have...

Bob Smith likes Platkin for attorney general

February 3, 2022 2:12 pmFebruary 3, 2022 4:39 pm

Attorney General-designate Matt Platkin now has five of the eleven members of the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on record praising his nomination, with State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) indicating his likely support. “I had the opportunity to work with...

Former legislators sail through Senate Judiciary Committee

January 27, 2022 12:58 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced three of their former colleagues – former State Sen. Kip Bateman (R-Branchburg), former State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham), and former Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Fanwood) – by unanimous votes, clearing the way for the former...

Liberty Park protection bill limps through Senate committee

December 9, 2021 3:00 pmDecember 9, 2021 4:58 pm

The Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced the Liberty State Park Protection Act without recommendation today, using a rarely-seen maneuver to note their discomfort with the bill while nevertheless forwarding it to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The bill, sponsored...

Smith, Danielsen, Egan win in the 17th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 3:13 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway), Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin), and Assemblyman Joseph Egan (D-New Brunswick) have won re-election to the 17th legislative district. They beat attorney James Abate, Rutgers ESL instructor Catherine Barrier,...