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Conservative activists looking to undo Muñoz coalition for minority leader

October 19, 2021 6:51 pmOctober 19, 2021 6:51 pm

Some conservative leaders are making a play to pull back votes from a coalition to make Nancy Muñoz the new Assembly Minority Leader, applying pressuring individual lawmakers. Several legislators have told the New Jersey Globe that calls are coming from...

Muñoz has votes to become new Assembly minority leader

October 15, 2021 5:28 pmOctober 17, 2021 9:46 am

Nancy Muñoz appears set to become the next minority leader of the New Jersey State Assembly after forging a coalition with John DiMaio, the New Jersey Globe has learned. DiMaio (R-Hackettstown) will drop his bid for the post and become...

After competitive 2020 elections, Republicans ahead in 25th legislative district fundraising

October 12, 2021 3:40 pmOctober 12, 2021 7:52 pm

The Morris County-based 25th legislative district just hosted a competitive election last year, as State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) fought to retain his late father’s Senate seat and Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) tried to hold onto the Assembly seat...

Operating Engineers back Republican for Parsippany mayor

September 29, 2021 12:39 pmSeptember 29, 2021 3:40 pm

The Operating Engineers Local 825 is taking sides in some Morris County races, backing Republicans for the legislature in the 25th district and county commissioner, and a GOP challenger for mayor of Parsippany. The union, which has a reputation for...

Brian Bergen enters race for Assembly minority leader

September 21, 2021 7:10 pmSeptember 22, 2021 8:01 am

Brian Bergen (R-Denville), a conservative freshman assemblyman from Morris County, said tonight that he would run for Assembly Minority Leader in a bid to make the GOP more aggressive as the party out of power in the lower house. “Anybody...

Randolph school board backs off plan to stop using holiday names

June 22, 2021 12:33 pm

The Randolph Board of Education has abandoned a plan to scrub the names of holidays from the school calendar after public officials and hundreds of residents objected to the injection of “cancel culture” into local schools. The proposed calendar removed...

Assembly panel advances bill allowing New Jerseyans overseas to vote in local, state races

June 16, 2021 12:04 pm

The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would extend to New Jerseyans living overseas the right to vote in local and state elections regardless of whether they were certain they would return to the Garden State. The bill, sponsored...