Edward Durfee Archives - New Jersey Globe

Johnson, Haider, Park win in the 37th district

November 2, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 21, 2021 10:17 am

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood) has been elected to the 37th legislative district’s Senate seat, and that Shama Haider and Ellen Park have won their first terms in the Assembly. They defeated Republicans Michael...

N.J. Right to Life endorses Pappas, sort of backs Ciattarelli

October 20, 2021 10:20 amOctober 20, 2021 12:56 pm

New Jersey Right to Life has recommended Jack Ciattarelli for governor and endorsed Michael Pappas for State Senate in the 16th district, their only endorsement of a legislative candidate in a competitive district. “NJRTL cannot endorse Ciattarelli because of his...

Update: N.J. police union endorses, then drops, Oath Keepers leader seeking State Assembly seat

September 16, 2021 2:08 pmSeptember 16, 2021 7:21 pm

The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police endorsed a leader of the controversial Oath Keepers group for a State Assembly seat in Bergen County, but then pulled their endorsement three hours later after learning that their candidate played a role...

Anti-Defamation League demands newspaper pull reference to Gottheimer’s Jewish fraternity

April 30, 2021 2:24 pmApril 30, 2021 2:57 pm

The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League called on a Canadian newspaper to drop a reference to Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s membership in a Jewish fraternity from a column published Tuesday, alleging its inclusion plays into anti-Semitic tropes. “Mentioning a member of...

Controversial candidates backed by Bergen GOP could risk race for governor

April 23, 2021 10:39 amApril 23, 2021 12:24 pm

Facing a Democratic Party that has grown its strength through years of total control of government in the state’s most populous county, Bergen Republicans have backed a series of controversial candidates whose baggage could doom them at the polls in...

Dierdre Paul says she’ll seek GOP State Senate nod in 37th

March 31, 2021 2:26 pmMarch 31, 2021 2:40 pm

An Englewood woman who has accused Gordon Johnson of making sexually inappropriate comments to her during a private meeting in 2008 is now mounting an off the line bid for the Republican State Senate nomination in the 37th legislative district....