Carmen Amato Archives - New Jersey Globe

New law will save businesses $25

July 8, 2026 1:00 pmJuly 8, 2026 6:10 pm

Legislation sponsored by Sens. Carmen Amato (R-Little Egg Harbor) and John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro), along with Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough), aimed at reducing business filing fees and lowering the cost of starting a business in New Jersey, has been signed into...

South Jersey leaders promise to fight casinos outside Atlantic City in biting letter

March 27, 2026 4:06 pm

Growing buzz around the potential of casinos outside of Atlantic City has put South Jersey leaders on alert, and on Friday, they signed a strong letter promising to put the kibosh on the idea. In a bipartisan letter to Gov....

Rumpf, Myhre will seek re-election

December 21, 2024 1:09 pmDecember 21, 2024 1:10 pm

Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor) and Greg Myhre (R-Stafford) said today that they will seek re-election next year to their State Assembly seats in the Ocean County-based 9th district. With party support in a staunchly Republican district, they are prohibitive...

Mapping out senatorial courtesy in the new legislature

November 10, 2023 4:28 pm

Most voters probably don’t know it, but when they cast their votes for New Jersey’s 40 state senators on Tuesday, they also indirectly voted for the slate of state cabinet and judicial nominees from their county that will come before...

Amato, Holzapfel, Singer win as Ocean Republicans retain most deep-red legislative seats

November 7, 2023 8:55 pmNovember 7, 2023 8:56 pm

Ocean County Republicans have easily held onto most of their dark-red seats, the New Jersey Globe projects. Republican incumbents and challengers have retained control of the 9th and 10th districts and two of three seats in the 30th district; it’s...

13 newcomers win safe-seat legislative primaries unopposed

June 6, 2023 8:01 pmJune 6, 2023 8:49 pm

The New Jersey Legislature will be gaining dozens of brand-new members in this year’s elections – and a huge number of them just won their primaries unopposed. In the 9th district, based in Ocean County, two new Republicans will soon...

Ocean Dems pick legislative candidates in deep-red districts

March 23, 2023 10:29 amMarch 23, 2023 10:29 am

Ocean County Democrats have chosen their legislative ticket for 2023, running full slates in four strongly Republican districts. In the 9th district, covering southern Ocean County, Democrats will run Little Egg Harbor Democratic municipal chairman Gabriel Franco for the Senate...