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Smith stops short of predicting peace with Piscataway progressives

June 17, 2019 3:56 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith stopped short of predicting peace within Piscataway’s Democratic Municipal Committee following a county-backed romp of progressive challengers earlier this month. “We talk to everybody. We love everybody. They’ve been diminished within the committee. They had five...

The time an assemblyman won off the line

June 1, 2019 9:12 pm

It’s not uncommon for legislators to be dumped from the organization line and those who fight back hardly ever win. One of the most memorable examples of an assemblyman winning without party support was in 1979, when the Middlesex Democratic...

Select committee letter to EDA task force not hostile, Smith says

May 30, 2019 5:22 pmMay 30, 2019 6:15 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith, who chairs a select committee convened to review the Economic Development Agency’s tax incentive programs, said the committee’s letter telling the task force investigating abuses of the same program to retain all documents related to its...

Weinberg: EDA select panel a ‘fine committee’

May 30, 2019 12:58 pmMay 30, 2019 3:14 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg on Thursday praised Senate President Steve Sweeney’s picks for the Special Committee for Economic Growth, which was convened to investigate the benefits of the Economic Development Authority’s tax programs. “I think he picked a broad...

Sweeney picks senators to review EDA tax incentives

May 22, 2019 1:54 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney announced the appointment of seven senators to the Special Committee for Economic Growth that will review tax incentives offered by the New Jersey Economic Development Commission. Sweeney had previously announced State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) would...

Badovinac, Concepcion-Powell running in deep-blue 17th

April 1, 2019 2:51 pmApril 2, 2019 12:14 pm

Patricia Badovinac and Maria Concepcion-Powell filed petitions to challenge Assemblymen Joseph Egan and Joe Danielsen Monday. Powell ran for president of Mexico in 2018, one of 40 independent candidates in the race. The National Electoral Institute, which runs elections in...

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...