Bruce Land Archives - New Jersey Globe

With Van Drew gone, GOP sees opportunity in LD1

August 12, 2019 2:56 pmAugust 12, 2019 3:38 pm

For the moment, Michael Testa’s campaign likes the fact that Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) is in Congress and not in the New Jersey statehouse. The Cumberland County GOP chairman is seeking to oust State Sen. Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle), a...

No politics in Oliver grants (seriously)

July 31, 2019 4:01 pmJuly 31, 2019 4:08 pm

Acting Gov. Sheila Oliver today announced the award of Neighborhood Preservation Program grants that show no evidence of taking sides in the political war between Gov. Phil Murphy and Democratic legislative leaders, or even of partisan politics. Of the 20...

Andrzejczak staying out of Cape May freeholder tiff

July 12, 2019 11:32 amJuly 12, 2019 11:31 pm

State Sen. Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle) is staying out of an intra-party fight between Cape May County’s Republican freeholders. “It’s a county issue, and the county’s taken care of it,” Andrzejczak told the New Jersey Globe when asked about the censure...

McClellan slaps Murphy on minimum wage hike

July 2, 2019 10:51 am

Ocean City Councilman Antwan McClellan, a Republican candidate for State Assembly in the 1st district, today stepped up his attacks on Gov. Phil Murphy and the Democratic-controlled Legislature for supporting an increase to New Jersey’s minimum wage. The minimum wage...

Maps: The race for Senate, Assembly in LD1

June 14, 2019 9:48 amJune 14, 2019 11:14 am

There is no place in New Jersey where Republicans are better situated to pick up legislative seats in the 2019 mid-term elections than in the 1st district, which includes Cape May and parts of Cumberland and Atlantic. In 2017, then-Assemblyman...

Testa has 63k in his war chest

May 31, 2019 12:57 pmMay 31, 2019 6:29 pm

Cumberland County Republican Chairman Michael Testa has a sizable cash advantage over State Sen. Bob Andrzecjzak, according to 11-day pre-primary reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. The Republican candidate reported raising just $12,180.53 in the last...

Maps: New Jersey House, Senate & Assembly in the military

May 27, 2019 3:38 pmMay 28, 2019 11:41 am

Fifteen members of the combined New Jersey congressional delegation, State Senate, and State Assembly have served in the military, which spans from the Vietnam War, to the Iraq War. Members have served in the Navy, Army, Marines, Air Force, and...