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Senate approves 3-year cooling off period for prosecutors to seek public office

February 22, 2021 10:47 amFebruary 22, 2021 4:31 pm

If Gurbir Grewal wants to run for governor in 2025, he’ll need to leave his post as New Jersey attorney general soon. The New Jersey Senate today approved legislation that would bar prosecutors and the state attorney general from seeking...

Does Monmouth GOP risk DiMaso joining lawsuit to end organization lines?

February 8, 2021 12:41 amFebruary 9, 2021 8:48 am

As county chairs from both parties grow increasingly concerned over a federal lawsuit that seeks to end the practice of preferential ballot position for organization lines, a move to dump an incumbent lawmaker in Monmouth County could provide progressive plaintiffs...

Ali launches attack in solidly-blue 27th district

February 4, 2021 12:09 pm

Morris County Republican Chairwoman Laura Ali launched an attack at Democrats in the solidly-blue 27th district, urging lawmakers there to call for an investigation into the handling of COVID-19 in the state’s nursing homes. “There are thousands of families who...

Bill creating cooling-off period for prosecutors, attorneys general clears Senate panel

January 14, 2021 2:50 pmJanuary 14, 2021 3:24 pm

A Senate panel unanimously advanced a measure that would bar prosecutors and the state attorney general from seeking or holding elected office for three years after they leave their position Thursday. The measure, sponsored by former Gov. Dick Codey (D-Roseland)...

Decade before Joe Clark ran for freeholder, another nationally-known celebrity ran for State Senate in an East Orange-based district

December 30, 2020 12:23 pmDecember 30, 2020 5:21 pm

A bid for Essex County freeholder by bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding high school principal Joe Clark in 1988 came eleven years after another nationally acclaimed celebrity sought public office in an East Orange-based district. Althea Gibson, the first Black win the...

State Housing Agency Executive Director Chuck Richman headed to retirement

December 8, 2020 4:37 pmDecember 9, 2020 8:54 am

Chuck Richman is leaving his position as executive director of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency after almost 50 years in state government to head into retirement, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday. “Chuck Richman has been a lifelong...

Kornacki: No other state has New Jersey’s politics

December 1, 2020 8:31 pm

Take it from Steve Kornacki: New Jersey’s politics are unique. In a virtual conversation with Rowan University’s Ben Dworkin, the NBC and MSNBC national political correspondent said the Garden State’s political landscape dwarfed even those of similarly old states. “I...