Dave Bailey Archives - New Jersey Globe

A conversation with Dave Bailey Jr.

March 27, 2026 6:00 amApril 1, 2026 2:09 pm

The New Jersey Globe is continuing a weekly interview series with state legislators, beginning last week with Luanne Peterpaul. This week, it’s Dave Bailey Jr.’s turn. Assemblyman Dave Bailey Jr. (D-Woodstown) won election to the Assembly in 2023, flipping a...

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...

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,...

Twenty takeaways on the 2025 Blue Wave and what comes next

November 7, 2025 3:16 pmNovember 21, 2025 12:11 am

Mikie Sherrill beats Jack Ciattarelli by more than 13 points. Democrats gain as many as five seats in the State Assembly, giving them their largest Assembly majority since the Watergate wave of 1973. Towns across the state that voted for...

Not even close: Mikie Sherrill dominates governor’s race on fantastic night for N.J. Dems

November 5, 2025 2:41 amNovember 5, 2025 2:58 am

After tens of millions of dollars were spent blanketing the airwaves with ads; after hundreds of thinkpieces were written about whether Democrats might be blowing it; after dozens of polls were conducted, many of them showing a race balancing on...

Bailey, Simmons win in South Jersey’s competitive LD3

November 4, 2025 11:08 pmNovember 5, 2025 2:42 am

Assemblyman Dave Bailey Jr. (D-Woodstown) and Assemblywoman Heather Simmons (D-Glassboro) won one of the toughest races for incumbent Democrats, the New Jersey Globe projects, holding onto a key district for South Jersey Democrats. Bailey and Simmons defeated Gloucester County Commissioner...

PBA endorses incumbents, no challengers, in Assembly races

August 26, 2025 12:31 pmAugust 26, 2025 1:06 pm

The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association has endorsed incumbents in the most competitive legislative races, with support of the state’s largest law enforcement union going to Democrats in the 3rd and 11th districts and Republicans in the 21st district;...