Doug Steinhardt Archives - New Jersey Globe

IBEW group endorses Murphy

October 22, 2021 11:06 amOctober 22, 2021 12:00 pm

The New Jersey State Electrical Workers Association Construction division of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for a second term. “Phil Murphy has been a strong advocate for the building trades and the IBEW and...

Way tells redistricting commissions that adjusted census numbers will take 7 days

August 9, 2021 11:00 am

Municipal population numbers will be adjusted to reflect a new law that requires incarcerated individuals to be reallocated to their original hometown for the purpose of legislative redistricting within seven days of the U.S. Census Bureau transmitting data, New Jersey...

No consensus on congressional redistricting tiebreaker, parties say

August 1, 2021 4:02 pmAugust 2, 2021 8:44 am

Counsel for the Democratic and Republican members of the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission told Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on Friday that they can’t help the Supreme Court avoid taking sides in the race for tiebreaker. “There were communications between...

Still no meeting set for both parties to discuss congressional redistricting tiebreaker

July 30, 2021 3:22 pmAugust 1, 2021 4:02 pm

Hours before a deadline imposed by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission has no meeting scheduled for today to discuss a resolution to a logjam on tiebreakers. That could change, but at 3:15 PM no meetings...

Steinhardt blast Democrats for maneuvers surrounding congressional redistricting tiebreaker

July 28, 2021 7:12 pmJuly 29, 2021 8:51 am

A bid by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to get Democrats and Republicans to agree on a tiebreaker for congressional redistricting is blowing up into a fight before the process to draw new districts has even started. Doug Steinhardt, the GOP...

GOP redistricting commissions set deadline for answers on prisoner allocations

July 26, 2021 11:36 am

The Republican members of the commissions charged with redrawing congressional and legislative districts over the next few months have given New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way until August 2 to answer questions about how the state will adjust municipal...

Democrats add Poritz to list of congressional redistricting tiebreakers

July 26, 2021 12:17 amJuly 26, 2021 11:36 am

Democrats on the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission have added a second option to their list of candidates for tiebreaker, but the new candidate – former Chief Justice Deborah Poritz – is hardly an acceptable pick for Republicans. In a...