Dean Gallo Archives - New Jersey Globe

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...

In Morris, sometimes you lose before you win

February 15, 2019 4:39 pmFebruary 15, 2019 4:45 pm

The possibility of an Aura Dunn vs. Lisa Bhimani campaign for State Assembly in the 25th district this year means a match-up of two candidates who lost their first campaigns for public office. That’s the way politics works in Morris...

Progressive leader to challenge Webber

January 30, 2019 1:39 pmJanuary 30, 2019 6:12 pm

Democrats have picked the leader of one of the state’s most influential grassroots progressive organizations to challenge Jay Webber for State Assembly in the 26th district. Christine Clarke, the environmental director for Action Together New Jersey and the Jefferson Democratic...

Top Frelinghuysen aide joins lobbying firm

January 16, 2019 11:16 amJanuary 16, 2019 11:24 am

Nancy Fox, who served as chief of staff to Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen and then as staff director of the House Appropriations Committee, is joining Winning Strategies Washington as a partner. Fox will join Donna Mullins, the firm’s chair, as Frelinghuysen...

Parsippany lands Sherrill district office

January 7, 2019 9:42 amJanuary 7, 2019 1:43 pm

Newly-elected Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) has picked Parsippany as the site of her new district office. The freshman Democrat had sought a location that was centrally located in the 11th district, with on-site parking and accessible by public transportation. The...

Frelinghuysen career comes to a close

January 3, 2019 8:50 amJanuary 3, 2019 8:54 am

The most frustrating thing for Rodney Proctor Frelinghuysen as his time in Congress comes to an end a few hours from now, has got to be that he reached the pinnacle of his political career – chairman of the powerful...

Final: Sherrill plurality was 47,362 votes

December 5, 2018 11:57 am

The last time New Jersey’s 11th district flipped parties was in 1984, when Assembly Minority Leader Dean Gallo (R-Parsippany) unseated eleven-term Democratic Rep. Joseph Minish (D-West Orange) by 27,624, 56%-44%. 34 years later, Democrat Mikie Sherrill flipped it back by...