Brian Wahler Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

Piscataway mayor wins big victory in bid for seventh term

June 5, 2024 7:21 am

Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler won a decisive victory in his bid for a seventh term, defeating progressive Staci Berger by nearly fifteen percentage points. Wahler won by 829 votes, 3,274-2,445, against Berger, the president of the Housing and Community Development...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

January 19, 2024 3:50 pmJanuary 20, 2024 11:12 am

The snow is softly falling on Washington, D.C. after a relatively productive week that saw a government shutdown averted, a major deal on tax reform reached, and a New Jerseyan’s nomination to the federal circuit court approved in committee. Many...

Public contractor contributions dropped to recorded low in 2020

April 6, 2021 10:53 amApril 6, 2021 11:58 am

New Jersey’s public contractors tamped down their political contributions last year, dropping their annual giving to the lowest level on record, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Totaled, public contractors gave about...

Wahler re-elected in Piscataway

November 3, 2020 11:15 pmNovember 4, 2020 10:21 am

Longtime Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler will defeat Republican challenger Brajesh Singh to win a sixth term, the New Jersey Globe projects. Council President Gabrielle Cahill, Vice President Kapil Shah and Councilwoman Chanelle Scott-McCullum are on track to defeat Republican challengers...

Wahler, slate win renomination

July 7, 2020 9:16 pmJuly 7, 2020 11:00 pm

Piscataway Mayor Brian Wahler and his slate of organization-backed candidates will win renomination, the New Jersey Globe projects. Wahler currently leads rival Democrat William Irwin by 38 points. Irwin is married to progressive activist Staci Berger. The mayor’s slate mates,...