Claire Swift Archives - New Jersey Globe

Meet the New Jersey State Assembly Class of 2025

January 13, 2026 11:06 amJanuary 17, 2026 1:27 pm

Twelve new Democrats will join the New Jersey General Assembly at noon today. After ousting five incumbent Republicans in the November general election, Democrats today expand their majority to 57-23, their largest caucus since the 1973 Watergate landslide. Craig Coughlin...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

After close call, Guardian says he’ll run again in 2027

December 16, 2025 12:30 pmDecember 16, 2025 3:43 pm

Assemblyman Don Guardian (R-Atlantic City) plans to run for re-election in 2027 after squeaking through a close race this year, he told the New Jersey Globe on Monday. Guardian, the former mayor of Atlantic City, will represent the 2nd legislative...

Mapping Assembly Democrats’ dominant night

November 14, 2025 4:59 pmNovember 17, 2025 8:38 am

Assembly Democrats went into Election Day just hoping to play solid defense. On a solid night, they would’ve held all their Assembly seats. On a great night, Democrats would’ve picked up two or three. They ended up nabbing five. Now,...

Democrat Maureen Rowan ousts GOP lawmaker in Atlantic County district

November 13, 2025 3:34 pmNovember 14, 2025 4:21 pm

Democrat Maureen Rowan has won her race for the State Assembly in the 2nd legislative district, ousting two-term Republican incumbent Claire Swift (R-Margate). Rowan unseated Swift by 842 votes, 39,444 to 38,601, in the fifth lower house pickup for Democrats....

Guardian wins re-election, Democrats likely to pick up second seat

November 6, 2025 6:04 pmNovember 7, 2025 11:28 am

Assemblyman Don Guardian (R-Atlantic City) has won re-election to a third term in the 2nd district, but the contest for the second Assembly seat is too close to call and significantly favors a Democratic pickup and the likely defeat of...

Assembly race in LD2 too close to call

November 5, 2025 1:52 amNovember 5, 2025 2:09 am

Republican Assemblyman Don Guardian (R-Atlantic City) holds a razor-thin lead in his bid for re-election to a third term in the 2nd legislative district, but his running mate, Assemblywoman Claire Swift (R-Margate), is in fourth place and in serious danger...