Deana Lykins Archives - New Jersey Globe

Zwicker is lone competitive district Assembly candidate to get Latino Action Network endorsement

October 14, 2019 9:57 am

The Latino Action Network has endorsed 29 Democrats for State Assembly but declined to take sides in nearly all the competitive races in next month’s mid-term elections after most of the candidates simply declined to fill out their questionnaire. “If...

Environmental group sending organizers into some Assembly races

October 1, 2019 1:16 pmOctober 3, 2019 10:49 am

The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters has dispatched three field organizers from their political action committee to organize ground support for their endorsed State Assembly candidates in seven legislative districts. In two of the districts – both with one...

NJEA sides with GOP incumbents in key Assembly races

August 29, 2019 2:56 pmAugust 29, 2019 8:22 pm

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) has endorsed four Republican incumbents in hotly contested races for the State Assembly in the 2019 mid-term elections. The state’s largest public employee union also declined to back South Jersey Democrats in their bids...

Deana Lykins hits Wirths, Space over Lake Hopatcong

August 14, 2019 10:26 amAugust 14, 2019 11:50 am

Another Assembly candidate is taking aim at Republican incumbents using an algal bloom that has left the state’s largest lake shuttered to public use for weeks. “It is unacceptable for this state’s environmental protector to so obviously fall down on...

Lykins says some blame for Lake Hopatcong crisis belongs to Space, Wirths

July 5, 2019 4:56 pm

Toxic algae that has created a ban on swimming at Lake Hopatcong could emerge as an issue in the race for State Assembly in the heavily-Republican 24th district. Democrat Deana Lykins said that GOP incumbents Parker Space (R-Wantage) and Hal...

Dems pick challengers to Space, Wirths

February 6, 2019 9:50 am

Democrats Deana Lykins and Dan Smith have entered the race for State Assembly in what is arguably the most Republican legislative district in New Jersey. They will take on incumbents Parker Space (R-Wantage) and Hal Wirths (R-Wantage) in a district...