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A look at the 13 legislative districts hosting contested primaries in 2023

March 29, 2023 12:04 pmMarch 29, 2023 12:55 pm

Filing day has come and gone; though petition challenges and write-in candidacies could still shake some things up, we basically know who is running for the New Jersey Legislature this year and who isn’t. A total of 258 candidates filed...

Craig Stanley will run for Giblin’s seat, 15 years after leaving legislature

March 27, 2023 5:09 pmMarch 27, 2023 6:09 pm

Fifteen years after leaving office, former Assemblyman Craig Stanley is gunning for a comeback. The 67-year-old Stanley, a Democrat who represented the Newark-based 28th legislative district between 1996 and 2008, filed today to run for the Assembly in the suburban...

Caputo will leave State Assembly to take Horizon board seat

February 21, 2023 5:41 pmFebruary 21, 2023 5:54 pm

Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley), who has served in the legislature during the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson and Joseph Biden, will not seek re-election this year and instead is expected to resign his seat to join the board of directors...

Burgess has ‘no preferences right now’ for Jasey’s seat

February 9, 2023 12:59 pm

With Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-South Orange) departing the Assembly after 16 years, brand-new State Sen. Renee Burgess (D-Irvington) is set to have a new candidate join her slate in the 28th legislative district. Asked today who she’d like to see...

Trailblazer: N.J. VFW Commander Luddie Austin

January 16, 2023 12:01 amJanuary 15, 2023 8:02 pm

Luddie H. Austin, a former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars, in 2021. Austin served in the...

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...

Burgess praises Rice, Tucker after special election victory

September 9, 2022 7:32 pm

Fresh off her unanimous special convention victory to succeed former State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark), State Sen.-elect Renee Burgess (D-Irvington) said that her predecessor leaves a formidable legacy to live up to. “Many people have said you can’t fill his...