Cleopatra Tucker Archives

Bergen chides Tucker over lax veterans’ committee schedule

June 10, 2021 4:59 pmJune 10, 2021 7:30 pm

Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) is picking a fight with the chair of the Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee. In a letter sent Thursday to Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), the committee’s chairwoman, the Republican lawmaker aired criticisms over the body’s...

Rice defeats challenger in District 28

June 8, 2021 8:37 pm

State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark) defeated Quadir Selby to win the Democratic nod for State Senate Tuesday. Rice, the immediate past chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, had organizational support behind his re-election bid. Selby ran under the slogan “New...

Democratic women legislators compare Ciattarelli to Christie on health, family planning funding

March 22, 2021 9:34 amMarch 22, 2021 10:46 am

All 28 Democratic women in the New Jersey Legislature today slammed Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s for promising to remove funding cuts to women’s health and family planning services if he defeats Gov. Phil Murphy in the general election. The...

Does Monmouth GOP risk DiMaso joining lawsuit to end organization lines?

February 8, 2021 12:41 amJune 7, 2021 7:17 pm

As county chairs from both parties grow increasingly concerned over a federal lawsuit that seeks to end the practice of preferential ballot position for organization lines, a move to dump an incumbent lawmaker in Monmouth County could provide progressive plaintiffs...

Tucker backs Thomas-Fields for mayor

May 20, 2020 11:08 am

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) endorsed Pamela Thomas-Fields’s bid for Atlantic City mayor Wednesday. “I believe with her education, knowledge and experience, working directly with the city, she’ll bring much needed transformation to the community,” Tucker said. “Now, more than ever,...

Holley whipping against vaccine bill

January 11, 2020 2:06 pmJanuary 13, 2020 10:24 am

Assemblyman Jamel Holley is whipping votes against an amended version of a bill eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations due for a vote in the legislature’s lower chamber on Monday. The Assembly passed the original version of the bill 45-25 with...

Assembly passes bill granting voting rights to persons on parole, probation

November 25, 2019 2:09 pm

The Assembly advanced a bill providing voting rights to persons on parole or probation Monday. It passed 46-23. Under current law, New Jersey strips voting rights from incarcerated persons and those on probation or parole. The law, sponsored primarily by...