Brian Bergen Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bergen questions Sherrill’s silence over Caldwell investigation

September 14, 2026 6:25 pmSeptember 14, 2026 8:48 pm

Assembly Minority Whip Brian Bergen (R-Denville) questioned Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s refusal to discuss specific allegations against Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell, saying the governor should provide more transparency before leaving the state to campaign for Democratic candidates nationwide. Asked whether he...

Bergen blasts cancellation of Assembly committee meeting amid job losses

September 9, 2026 3:51 pm

Assembly Minority Whip Brian Bergen (R-Denville) is demanding that a canceled meeting of the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee be restored or rescheduled, arguing that New Jersey’s economic challenges require lawmakers to be at work. The seven-member committee was...

GOP assemblyman files ethics complaint over ICE bill with indelicate acronym

March 16, 2026 4:30 pmMarch 16, 2026 4:48 pm

Last month, Hudson County Democrats introduced an immigration-related bill with a crude acronym; now a Republican leader has filed an official complaint, asking an ethics committee to investigate the conduct of the assemblywoman who introduced the bill. In February, Assemblywoman...

As Stay NJ checks hit mailboxes, Bergen criticizes decision to move forward

February 9, 2026 5:21 pmFebruary 10, 2026 10:20 am

State officials are sending out the first round of Stay NJ senior property tax relief benefits this week, years after legislative leaders first proposed the program. The state will send $600 million to more than 430,000 of the state’s senior...

Brian Bergen will support Joe Hathaway in NJ-11 special

November 21, 2025 8:00 amNovember 20, 2025 10:28 pm

Randolph Mayor Joe Hathaway’s campaign to flip the 11th congressional district red in an upcoming special election has earned a notable endorsement from Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville), one of the state legislature’s most outspoken conservatives. “Joe Hathaway is exactly the...

Bergen, Webber win in LD26

November 4, 2025 11:46 pm

Assemblymen Brian Bergen (R-Denville) and Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) have won re-election in the 26th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, keeping two of Trenton’s most prominent conservative voices in office. The pair of assemblymen won by a smaller...

National organization of state troopers backs all incumbent legislators, will stay out of N.J. governor’s race

October 9, 2025 12:56 amOctober 9, 2025 12:57 pm

The National Troopers Coalition will remain neutral in the New Jersey governor’s race and has endorsed every incumbent in contests for the State Assembly. In the two split districts, the organization representing over 43,000 state troopers from 47 groups nationwide...