Ellen Park Archives - New Jersey Globe

Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins

January 11, 2022 4:09 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:08 pm

The New Jersey State Legislature swore in 21 new members today to mark the beginning of the 220th legislative session, following last year’s election that saw Republicans make significant gains across the state. Among the new members are three Asian...

New legislators take office at noon in historic shift of N.J. Legislature

January 11, 2022 12:00 amJanuary 11, 2022 10:38 am

Democrat Sadaf Jaffer will become the first Asian American woman and the first Muslim to serve in the New Jersey Legislature when she takes office this afternoon. While seniority has little importance in Trenton, Jaffer will take office just before...

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...

Andy Kim’s new PAC endorses six candidates for ’21 election

September 29, 2021 12:59 pmSeptember 29, 2021 1:02 pm

A political action committee launched by Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) earlier this year to help Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders running for public office has announced their first wave of endorsements: Edison mayoral candidate Sam Joshi and five Democratic candidates...

Women legislators hard-pressed to increase their numbers in 2021

August 11, 2021 11:38 amAugust 11, 2021 11:40 am

The New Jersey state legislature, where all four legislative leaders and nearly 60% of all legislators are white men, is a body that has room to grow more diverse. But based on the candidates running this November, the 2021 elections...

Johnson vs. Vainieri Huttle, by the numbers

June 14, 2021 3:32 pm

While the results of the Democratic primary for State Senate in the 37th district still not final – late arriving vote-by-mail ballots may arrive through close of business today and ballot cure letters are due on June 21 – Gordon...

Johnson takes district 37 primary, defeating Vainieri Huttle

June 8, 2021 8:58 pmJune 8, 2021 9:06 pm

Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood) defeated Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood), become the first candidate to oust an incumbent Tuesday night. The contest to succeed Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) grew increasingly acrid as primary day drew closer. Johnson and...