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16th district Republicans fight to stanch the bleeding

October 27, 2021 12:01 amOctober 27, 2021 9:59 am

Republicans in the 16th legislative district have not had a good decade. The first blow came in 2011, when the state went through its post-Census redistricting cycle. The 16th district had long been a Somerset County-based district, and thus had...

Can Republicans beat the state senator who spurned them?

September 24, 2021 3:24 pmSeptember 27, 2021 9:17 am

Four years ago, State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) was in the fight for her political life. Addiego, a Republican former assemblywoman and county freeholder, won her first term to the state’s Burlington County-based 8th Senate district uncontested in 2011, and...

Democrats skeptical as Republicans look to expand Senate playing field

August 27, 2021 11:09 am

Could 2021 be the year that New Jersey Senate Republicans finally claw their way back from the political wilderness? The wilderness – or, more accurately, the minority – is where they’ve been stuck for nearly 18 long years. Republicans haven’t...

Dim Democratic hopes in the 1st legislative district as parties turn sights elsewhere

August 3, 2021 11:05 amSeptember 14, 2021 10:04 am

For 12 years, Democrats could call New Jersey’s 1st legislative district their own. Led by then-State Sen. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis), the Democratic Party held the district’s Senate seat and both Assembly seats for 6 consecutive cycles between 2007 and...

July 3, 2021: Mickey Quinn and Dan Scharfenberger

July 3, 2021 11:13 pm

Two New Jersey political strategists joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, June 26 at 4 PM. Mickey Quinn is a Democratic political consultant and the former deputy executive...

Quinn, Scharfenberger join Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

July 3, 2021 12:01 amJuly 13, 2025 4:27 pm

Two New Jersey political strategists will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, June 26 at 4 PM. Mickey Quinn is a Democratic political consultant and the former deputy...

GOP brandishes poll showing tie in 16th district Senate race

July 2, 2021 6:56 pmJuly 6, 2021 8:03 am

A Republican internal poll in the 16th district is showing a tie between the two candidates for the open seat of retiring GOP State Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg). The poll, conducted by 3D Strategic Research and reviewed by the New...