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NJ PBA releases 2019 endorsements

September 17, 2019 12:37 pm

There were few surprises in the list of endorsements the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association released Tuesday. The police union endorsed incumbents in most of the state’s districts and usually endorsed candidates of a single party in a given...

Old Bucco sex scandal now an issue in son’s Assembly bid

September 16, 2019 4:48 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:01 am

Editor’s Note: This story was written prior to the death of Senator Bucco earlier today and remains as it appeared. Five weeks after he won a second term in 2001, State Sen. Tony Bucco (R-Boonton) found himself in the middle...

Murphy adds illegal immigrant driver licenses into 25th district Assembly race

September 13, 2019 12:01 amSeptember 13, 2019 1:02 am

Gov. Phil Murphy’s push to provide driver licenses to illegal immigrants just eight weeks before his midterm elections has now reached the Morris County-based 25th district race, where Republicans trying to hold two State Assembly seats are trying to turn...

Murphy talks guns in 25th, without Democrats and with criticism of Bucco

September 11, 2019 5:00 pmSeptember 11, 2019 7:28 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy was in Morristown on Tuesday to announce an executive order on gun safety, but the Democratic candidates in a hotly contested race for State Assembly skipped the event. Democrats Lisa Bhimani and Darcy Draeger did not attend...

Democrats make August registration gains in key legislative districts

September 10, 2019 9:47 am

Democrats outpaced Republicans in August voter registration in each of the battleground districts for the 2019 mid-term Assembly races. While some of the numbers may seem small, close races for the legislature are not uncommon. Three contests over the last...

Bucco camp goes all 1980s on Bhimani, Draeger

August 28, 2019 10:32 amAugust 28, 2019 11:26 am

Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) and running mate Brian Bergen are trying to tie their Democratic opponents to Gov. Phil Murphy following an announcement that the governor will headline a Morris County Democratic fundraiser in October. “At long last, Lisa...

46 years after Biden, Murphy to headline Morris Dem fundraiser

August 26, 2019 1:39 pmAugust 27, 2019 11:50 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will help Morris County Democrats boost their campaign coffers as the headliner for their fall fundraising gala on October 2. At the top of the Democratic target list for the November mid-term elections are two State Assembly...