Chris Connors Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ocean County mayors, former legislators endorse Ciattarelli

January 27, 2025 5:33 pmJanuary 27, 2025 6:23 pm

More than half a dozen Ocean County Republicans endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for governor on Monday, according to a release. The list, headlined by former state Sen. Chris Connors and former Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove, also includes five mayors from the county....

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...

Diegnan, Thompson back Noriega for Supreme Court

June 1, 2023 12:09 pmJune 1, 2023 3:53 pm

Two Middlesex County Democrats, State Sens. Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield) and Sam Thompson (D-Old Bridge), said today that they’ll support Michael Noriega’s nomination to the New Jersey Supreme Court, giving Noriega 18 of the 21 votes he needs for Senate...

Senate at last passes Elections Transparency Act, with nearly all Democrats falling in line

March 20, 2023 4:56 pmMarch 20, 2023 5:19 pm

At today’s voting session, the New Jersey State Senate finally passed the “Elections Transparency Act,” a mammoth campaign finance bill that was pulled from scheduled votes multiple times before making it to the floor today. Most Republicans were opposed to...

Ocean Republicans boot Gove, give Assembly line to Rumpf, Myhre

March 8, 2023 8:33 pmMarch 8, 2023 9:33 pm

Ocean County Republicans voted to kick Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R-Long Beach) off the county organizational line in the 9th legislative district tonight, instead giving their backing for two Assembly seats to Assemblyman Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor) and Stafford Mayor...

The three most important county conventions of 2023 are nearly here

March 3, 2023 2:54 pmMarch 3, 2023 3:41 pm

In New Jersey, not all county conventions are created equal. Some county parties already decided months ago who they’re supporting for key offices like state senator and county commissioner; others don’t award county organizational lines at all, making their conventions...

Connors backs Rumpf and Gove, calls efforts to oust them ‘misguided’

March 2, 2023 1:07 pmMarch 2, 2023 5:05 pm

State Sen. Chris Connors (R-Lacey), retiring from the legislature this year and thus freed from political knee-bending, forcefully backed two his district’s two imperiled assemblymembers today and said the campaign to oust them at next week’s Republican convention is “misguided.”...