Carol Murphy Archives - New Jersey Globe

New Jersey will have record number of women legislators on Monday, but only for 50 days

November 22, 2019 10:51 amNovember 22, 2019 3:58 pm

With the election of Aura Dunn to the State Assembly, Morris County now has two women legislators for the first time since 1973, when Josephine Margetts (R-New Vernon) and Ann Klein (D-Morris Township) served in the legislature. BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany)...

Carol Murphy, Herb Conaway re-elected

November 5, 2019 8:01 pmNovember 5, 2019 7:57 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Democratic incumbents Carol Murphy and Herb Conaway have been re-elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in the 7th district. Murphy is expected to be the top vote-getter in her successful bid for...

Peggy Nelson, worked for Frelinghuysen, Morris GOP officials, dies at 78

November 3, 2019 8:54 am

Peggy Harding Nelson, a vibrant and respected political insider who served as Rodney Frelinghuysen’s district director and worked for several other prominent Morris County elected officials, died on October 25. She was 78. Nelson began working in the district office...

NOW NJ PAC skips endorsements for many incumbent Dems

October 7, 2019 12:03 pm

New Jersey National Organization for Women PAC passed over many Democratic incumbents in a list of endorsements issued Monday. The group, which backed 34 Democratic Assembly candidates and one independent, made no endorsements in districts one, two, three, five, eight,...

Bramnick, Muñoz embellish support for Equal Pay law, sponsor says

October 2, 2019 8:32 pmOctober 3, 2019 11:22 am

A new campaign mailer from Republican legislators in a tough re-election campaign claims a leading role in passing New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act, but the primary sponsor of the bill says that Jon Bramnick and Nancy Muñoz are exaggerating their...

Cherry Hill schools to serve tuna sandwiches to kids whose parents owe money

August 16, 2019 9:01 amAugust 16, 2019 9:14 am

Assemblywoman Carol Murphy (D-Mount Laurel) has introduced legislation to provide anti-stigmatization protections to public school students whose school lunch bills are in arrears. “We should not punish our students for the economic challenges their family faces,” said Murphy. Murphy’s bill...

In Mount Laurel, ‘The Bear’ growls and stops GOP from moving election

July 12, 2019 11:30 pm

Assemblywoman Carol “The Bear” Murphy clawed her way past a bid by the Republican mayor of Mount Laurel to move next year’s November partisan local election to a May non-partisan race to avoid being on the ballot with President Donald...