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Ciattarelli faces fire after promising to roll back LGBT curricula

July 14, 2021 10:04 amJuly 14, 2021 11:25 am

Republican Gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli is facing fire over comments promising to rescind a law requiring schools to include LGBT issues in the curricula made during a campaign stop at a gun range last month. “You won’t have to deal...

Polistina, running mates promise to set up Atlantic City district office

July 13, 2021 10:40 am

Republicans in the second legislative district promised to create a legislative office in Atlantic City, their district’s largest municipality, if they win at the polls in November. “Atlantic City has a variety of residents with multicultural backgrounds, working jobs throughout...

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Bill to count inmates at their residential addresses for federal, county, local district lines heads to Murphy’s desk

June 30, 2021 2:54 pm

The State Senate approved a bill allowing the state’s reapportionment commissions to count incarcerated individuals as living at their residential addresses for redistricting at the congressional, county and local levels Wednesday. The Assembly cleared the bill in a 50-25 vote...

Polistina beats Grossman in district 2

June 8, 2021 10:24 pm

Former Assemblyman Vince Polistina (R-Egg Harbor Township) will get another shot at a career in the legislature after defeating former Atlantic County Freeholder Seth Grossman in Tuesday’s primary. The Republican contest to succeed State Sen. Chris Brown (R-Ventnor City), who...

Grossman launches race-based attack over mass shooting at Murphy, media

May 26, 2021 5:30 pm

Republican State Senate candidate Seth Grossman launched an attack at Gov. Phil Murphy and the press Tuesday over coverage of a mass shooting in Fairfield that left three dead and at least 11 others injured, charging coverage of the incident...

South Jersey Democrat running for Assembly on Atlantic line backs ballot reform

May 24, 2021 11:42 am

A county-backed Assembly candidate running in a race that promises to be one of the year’s most competitive contests supports eliminating organizational lines. Atlantic County Commissioner Caren Fitzpatrick, a Democrat, told the Good Government Coalition of New Jersey she supported...

Republicans hold fundraising lead in district 2

May 18, 2021 12:06 pmMay 18, 2021 12:08 pm

Democrats in the second legislative district have a cash edge over Republican challengers, though GOP candidates there raised more. Former Assemblyman Vince Polistina, now seeking retiring State Sen. Chris Brown’s (R-Ventnor City) seat in the upper chamber, reported bringing in...