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Battleground 2019

July 9, 2018 12:31 amJuly 9, 2018 4:08 pm

The likely best-case scenario for Republicans in 2019 is a pickup of ten Assembly seats, which would bring them to respectable and relevant 36 seats hearing into the second half of Gov. Phil Murphy’s term – and into legislative redistricting. ...

Golden downplays gubernatorial run rumors

June 22, 2018 1:13 pmJune 26, 2018 11:47 am

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden on Thursday sought to downplay rumors that he’s in talks with political players around the state about a possible run at the state’s governorship in 2021. “There’s no talk right now,” Golden, who is also...

Murphycrats and Sweeneycans

June 16, 2018 6:05 pmJune 19, 2018 2:42 pm

In the State Senate, there are Murphycrats and Sweeneycans. Murphycrats are Democratic Senators who may be allied with Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy; Sweeneycans are Republican Senators who maintain an informal alliance with Senate President Steve Sweeney. Democrats have a 25-15...

Lance has $850k in warchest

April 15, 2018 10:47 amApril 15, 2018 8:51 pm

Five-term Republican Rep. Leonard Lance has just slightly more cash-on-hand than his main Democratic challenger in fundraising, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission, Lance raised $315,735 in the first quarter of 2018, and has $849,998 cash-on-hand. ...

How Zwicker could be a Senator by Thanksgiving

April 12, 2018 3:00 amApril 12, 2018 3:46 pm

A scenario exists by which Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) moves up to the New Jersey State Senate by Thanksgiving, expanding the Democratic majority to 26-14. Governor Phil Murphy will get his first chance to nominate a New Jersey Supreme...

Judiciary shrinks to 11 members

January 12, 2018 11:35 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee will have two less members this year, with Senate President Steve Sweeney and Minority Leader Tom Kean agreeing not to fill the seats of two Senators who did not seek re-election. The powerful panel, which must...