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DeAngelo won’t rule out mayoral run

October 23, 2018 11:40 amOctober 23, 2018 2:55 pm

Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo won’t rule out a run at Hamilton’s mayorship. “I don’t rule out any run, from mayor to school board to president of the United States,” the former Hamilton councilman told the New Jersey Globe. The Republican mayor...

Murphy hunts for 14 votes to stop Coughlin

June 16, 2018 3:48 pmJune 19, 2018 2:42 pm

Governor Phil Murphy’s magic number is 14 – that’s how many Assembly Democrats he needs to stop Speaker Craig Coughlin from passing his own budget next week if the two sides can’t reach an agreement before that. Democrats have a...

Coughlin to fill vacancies caused by Green’s death

April 20, 2018 1:11 amApril 20, 2018 3:37 pm

The death of fourteen-term Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Plainfield) opens up several posts in the Assembly Democratic leadership that Speaker Craig Coughlin will get to fill. Green was the chairman of the Housing and Community Development Committee. Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro (D-Hoboken)...