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Schaffer threat of lawsuit against convention host committee upsets Murphy fans

February 8, 2020 3:06 pmFebruary 8, 2020 4:17 pm

Peg Schaffer is among Gov. Phil Murphy’s top political allies and her decision to represent an ex-Murphy staffer accused of creating a toxic workplace environment has angered some key Murphy supporters. Elizabeth Gilbert, a top Murphy campaign aide who served...

Report: Gilbert, Alonso fired from convention posts

February 4, 2020 11:25 pmFebruary 5, 2020 11:12 am

The Democratic National Convention’s Milwaukee host committee has fired two former top aides to Gov. Phil Murphy, Liz Gilbert and Adam Alonzo, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported tonight. The announcement came one day after the host committee announced that they...

Report: ex-Murphy aide ‘bullied and intimidated’ women staffers at convention host committee

February 4, 2020 1:04 pmFebruary 4, 2020 5:16 pm

A former top aide to Gov. Phil Murphy is being accused of bullying and intimidating women by unidentified employees at the Milwaukee host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, according to a letter obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel....

Alonso out at Democratic State Committee

February 3, 2020 10:25 pmFebruary 4, 2020 8:44 am

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee has ended its relationship with strategist Adam Alonso following a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report that he has been suspended from his post as chief of staff at the Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee for the...

Phil Murphy’s Inside/Outside Call

July 12, 2019 12:05 amJuly 15, 2019 10:15 am

Most Fridays, top members of Gov. Phil Murphy’s staff participate in a conference call with some of the governor’s outside political consultants. It’s called the “Inside/Outside Call.” At least eleven Murphy aides are on the inside part of the call:...

Executive director of NJ Dems attends Biden fundraiser

April 26, 2019 8:42 pmApril 29, 2019 12:13 pm

The executive director of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee attended a fundraiser for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign last night, even though state Democrats have overwhelmingly lined up in support of favorite son Cory Booker. Elizabeth Gilbert attended Biden’s Philadelphia...

Axel Owen will run 16th district Dem campaign

April 12, 2019 12:02 pmApril 12, 2019 3:40 pm

One of the state’s top Democratic operatives is leaving the state party to help re-elect two Democratic incumbents in a politically competitive legislative district. Axel Owen, the political director of the Democratic State Committee, will manage the re-election campaigns of...