Charles Laspata Archives - New Jersey Globe

Mapping out South Jersey Democrats’ great election night

November 30, 2023 6:34 pmDecember 1, 2023 10:45 am

Two years ago, South Jersey Democrats faced a reckoning in the New Jersey Legislature. The far-reaching party organization already had a substantial legislative bloc that included the President of the State Senate and the Majority Leader of the Assembly, and...

Team Testa prevails once again in increasingly Republican 1st district

November 7, 2023 9:27 pmNovember 7, 2023 10:15 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa (R-Vineland) and his running mates, Assemblymen Antwan McClellan (R-Ocean City) and Erik Simonsen (R-Lower), have won re-election in the 1st legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 9:27 p.m., Testa leads Democrat Charles Laspata...

Republicans fail to kick Testa’s Democratic opponent off ballot

April 3, 2023 11:01 am

Republicans were unsuccessful in their efforts to kick 1st legislative district Democratic candidate Charles Laspata off the ballot today, failing to convince Administrative Law Judge William Cooper that enough of Laspata’s petition signatures were invalid to push him below the...