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17th is one of eight NJ legislative districts where Dems are undefeated

March 11, 2019 12:02 amMarch 10, 2019 10:52 pm

New Jersey’s 17th legislative district has been occupied by just Democrats since the state first adopted a 40-district map in 1973. It’s one of eight districts that Republicans have never won. The New Brunswick-based district has 61,309 Democrats, 15,526 Republicans...

Addiego is first Senate party switcher since Zane

January 28, 2019 4:17 pmJanuary 28, 2019 4:35 pm

If State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) wins re-election as a Democrat in 2021, she would be the first party switcher to hold a seat in the New Jersey Legislature since the current State Constitution was adopted in 1947. She would...

Some districts just send white guys to Trenton

January 25, 2019 7:33 pmJanuary 25, 2019 8:13 pm

When Morris County voters elected Josephine Margetts (R-New Vernon) and Ann Klein (D-Morris Township) to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1971, the county accounted for two-thirds of the total number of women in the lower house. The Morris County-based...

Pinkin: Middlesex congressional district “seems like a good idea”

January 22, 2019 2:08 pmJanuary 22, 2019 2:38 pm

Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-East Brunswick) on Tuesday told the New Jersey Globe that Middlesex County getting its own congressional district could be a good idea. “Looking at the numbers, it seems like it’s a good idea,” Pinkin said. “We haven’t...

Middlesex Freeholders sworn in

January 7, 2019 10:50 pmJanuary 7, 2019 10:53 pm

Middlesex County Freeholders Shanti Narra and Ronald Rios got a visit from New Jersey’s top Democrat, Gov. Phil Murphy, at their swearing in Monday. The two incumbents were sworn in by State Sen. Bob Smith, but Murphy, Assembly Speaker Craig...

Former Passaic judge stripped of pension

December 11, 2018 4:09 pmDecember 11, 2018 4:35 pm

In a four-to-three vote on Monday, the New Jersey State House Commission took the unusual step of stripping former Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi of her pension. Silebi was removed from the bench earlier this year after an investigation found...

Smith: Middlesex County should get its own congressional district

December 3, 2018 2:49 pmDecember 3, 2018 3:23 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith thinks it’s time for Middlesex County to get its own congressional district. “It’s 875,000 people. Congressional districts are bout 640,000, 630,000. It could easily be a congressional district,” Smith said. “Now, when I say that, it...

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17th is one of eight NJ legislative districts where Dems are undefeated

Addiego is first Senate party switcher since Zane

Some districts just send white guys to Trenton

Pinkin: Middlesex congressional district “seems like a good idea”

Middlesex Freeholders sworn in

Former Passaic judge stripped of pension

Smith: Middlesex County should get its own congressional district

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