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Retiring legislators have more than $400k sitting in their campaign accounts

January 27, 2023 3:26 pm

Six New Jersey state legislators who have announced their intentions to retire from the legislature this year collectively have more than $400,000 saved up in their legislative campaign accounts – money that could be redirected towards other campaigns, if the...

Gove endorses Amato for Connors’ Senate seat

January 26, 2023 3:58 pm

Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R-Long Beach) told the New Jersey Globe today that she’s supporting Berkeley Mayor Carmen Amato for the State Senate, taking her own name out of contention for the seat currently held by retiring State Sen. Christopher Connors...

With 2023 legislative elections fast approaching, who isn’t running for re-election?

January 5, 2023 1:08 pmJanuary 5, 2023 11:23 pm

On Tuesday, State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey) announced that he won’t seek re-election to the State Senate this year, bringing a three-decade career in the legislature to an end. He joins a small but growing cohort of state legislators who...

Connors won’t seek re-election to State Senate this year

January 3, 2023 4:25 pmJanuary 4, 2023 11:31 am

State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey), an Ocean County Republican who has served in the state legislature for more than three decades, announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2023. “This was certainly a difficult decision, but I feel...

Legislature overwhelmingly approves same-sex marriage codification

December 20, 2021 11:21 pmDecember 21, 2021 11:54 am

Both houses of the legislature today approved a measure that would formally codify same-sex marriage into the state statutes; currently, marriage equality is protected only by judicial order, meaning that it would be vulnerable if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns...

Connors, Gove, Rumpf win in the 9th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmFebruary 8, 2022 11:06 am

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey), Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove (R-Barnegat), and Assemblyman Brian Rumpf (R-Little Egg Harbor) have won re-election to the 9th legislative district. Connors defeated attorney and 2019 Democratic freeholder candidate David...

Connors won’t run for Congress

May 6, 2021 1:20 pm

State Sen. Chris Connors (R-Lacey) won’t challenge Rep. Andy Kim (D-Bordentown) next year. “I’m happy where I’m at right now, seeking re-election to the Senate. There were two other opportunities in which I was attempted to be recruited, but had...