Bob Smith Archives - New Jersey Globe

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Monmouth County in 2026

August 20, 2026 12:02 pm

Monmouth County has long been indispensable to Republican hopes in New Jersey, a sprawling political anchor stretching from deeply Republican Shore communities to conservative inland towns. The state’s sixth-largest county is neither as populous nor as overwhelmingly Republican as neighboring...

Bob Smith will make decision on re-election to Senate by Thanksgiving

June 12, 2026 10:53 amJune 12, 2026 3:30 pm

Veteran State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) hasn’t decided if he’ll seek re-election to his 17th district Senate seat next year, but he promised a final decision by Thanksgiving. There has been speculation in recent months that Smith, the 79-year-old chairman...

Murphy: ‘Not sure’ how Sherrill’s energy price freeze proposal would work

August 22, 2025 3:41 pmAugust 24, 2025 9:08 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy threw a dash of cold water on Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s proposal to freeze utility rates if elected governor, saying he doesn’t know how such a policy could be implemented. Sherrill, the Democratic nominee to succeed the term-limited...

Bob Smith supports Murphy Supreme Court pick

June 13, 2024 7:21 pmJune 13, 2024 8:19 pm

State Sen. Robert Smith (D-Piscataway), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told the New Jersey Globe that he will support Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of John Jay Hoffman as an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. “I’ve...

Middlesex Dems hold three core legislative districts, with wins by Smith, Diegnan, Vitale, Coughlin

November 7, 2023 9:55 pmNovember 7, 2023 9:55 pm

Three Middlesex County-based legislative districts – the 17th, 18th, and 19th – have elected all-Democratic legislative delegations, the New Jersey Globe projects, with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) among the winners. In the overwhelmingly Democratic 17th district, which is centered...

Joe Egan won’t seek re-election to State Assembly

July 13, 2023 6:21 pmJuly 14, 2023 11:07 am

Assemblyman Joseph Egan (D-New Brunswick) has changed his mind and won’t seek re-election after 22 years in the legislature, triggering a special meeting of the Democratic county committee in the 17th district to pick a replacement on the general election...

Greenstein, Zwicker are yes votes on Noriega

May 22, 2023 12:50 pm

State Sens. Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) and Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro) both said they’ll support Michael Noriega’s nomination to the New Jersey Supreme Court, putting Noriega at 14 yes votes – two-thirds of the way to the 21 votes he’ll need...