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Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins

January 11, 2022 4:09 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:08 pm

The New Jersey State Legislature swore in 21 new members today to mark the beginning of the 220th legislative session, following last year’s election that saw Republicans make significant gains across the state. Among the new members are three Asian...

New legislators take office at noon in historic shift of N.J. Legislature

January 11, 2022 12:00 amJanuary 11, 2022 10:38 am

Democrat Sadaf Jaffer will become the first Asian American woman and the first Muslim to serve in the New Jersey Legislature when she takes office this afternoon. While seniority has little importance in Trenton, Jaffer will take office just before...

Where New Jersey’s legislative races stand with nearly all votes counted

November 11, 2021 2:35 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:10 pm

Today marks nine days since last Tuesday’s tumultuous election, in which Jack Ciattarelli came uncomfortably close to upsetting Gov. Phil Murphy and Democrats faced unexpected legislative losses. Not every vote has been counted, nor has every result been determined –...

Stanfield leads Addiego, Torrissi and Umba win in the 8th district

November 2, 2021 11:41 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:11 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Hammonton Councilman Michael Torrissi and Acting Manchester Township Administrator Brandon Umba, both Republicans, have defeated Democrats Allison Eckel and Mark Natale for the 8th legislative district’s Assembly seats, holding both for the GOP....

Can Republicans beat the state senator who spurned them?

September 24, 2021 3:24 pmSeptember 27, 2021 9:17 am

Four years ago, State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) was in the fight for her political life. Addiego, a Republican former assemblywoman and county freeholder, won her first term to the state’s Burlington County-based 8th Senate district uncontested in 2011, and...

Women legislators hard-pressed to increase their numbers in 2021

August 11, 2021 11:38 amAugust 11, 2021 11:40 am

The New Jersey state legislature, where all four legislative leaders and nearly 60% of all legislators are white men, is a body that has room to grow more diverse. But based on the candidates running this November, the 2021 elections...

Addiego holds sizeable cash lead in LD8

May 20, 2021 2:26 pm

State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) holds a cash lead over Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton) in the eighth legislative district’s State Senate contest. Addiego, a former Republican, reported raising $138,025 in 29-day pre-election campaign finance reports filed with the New Jersey...