David Wolfe Archives

Guess who will be the only assemblyman next year to have served in a GOP Assembly majority?

November 8, 2019 2:23 pmNovember 8, 2019 3:50 pm

When Michael Patrick Carroll and David Wolfe leave office in January, there will be just one remaining legislator who served as part of a Republican majority in the New Jersey State Assembly – and he is now a Democrat. Ralph...

Carol Wolfe, wife of assemblyman, dies

August 25, 2019 12:25 pm

Carol Wolfe, a community leader, activist, and the wife of Assemblyman David Wolfe (R-Point Pleasant), died on Friday. She was 80. Wolfe founded Dottie’s House, a housing program to assist women and children who have survived domestic violence. She also...

The race for Minority Leader — if Bramnick, Bucco, Munoz lose

August 7, 2019 3:40 pmAugust 7, 2019 4:19 pm

The top three Republicans in Assembly leadership positions face tough re-election campaigns in their own districts this year, creating the prospect of a contested race for Minority Leader later this year. Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Minority Whip Nancy...

LD10 lawmakers call for Murphy to sign Airbnb tax carve-out bill

August 6, 2019 11:11 am

Lawmakers in the 10th legislative district called for Gov. Phil Murphy to enact a bill exempting homeowners who rent directly from a short-term rental tax that was signed into law last year. “The legislature has done our job to rework...

LD10 lawmakers applaud suit over immigration directive

July 11, 2019 2:49 pmJuly 11, 2019 5:28 pm

Legislators in the 10th district applauded an upcoming suit to be filed by the Ocean County Freeholder Board that seeks to overturn a directive limiting cooperation between the state’s law enforcement agencies and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Gov. Murphy’s preoccupation...

Ex-mayor files as independent for Assembly

June 3, 2019 1:27 pmJune 4, 2019 10:15 am

Former Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Vincent Barrella has filed to run as an independent candidate for State Assembly in the 10th district. Barrella, who was first elected mayor as a Republican, said in April that he might run as an...

Barrella might run as independent in 10th

April 1, 2019 11:09 pm

Former Point Pleasant Beach mayor Vincent Barrella is mulling an independent bid for State Assembly in the 10th district after losing a Democratic screening committee vote to Brick Planning Board member Eileen Della Volle and teachers union president Erin Wheeler....