Ellen Park Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gopal is new chair of AAPI Legislative Caucus

April 27, 2023 1:00 pm

State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) announced today that he will assume the chairmanship of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, a coalition of seven Asian American state senators and assemblymembers serving in the New Jersey Legislature. He’ll take...

A surprise councilwoman works to flip Palisades Park red

September 26, 2022 1:37 pm

Four years ago, when then-Palisades Park Councilman Christopher Chung defeated incumbent Mayor James Rotundo by eight votes in the Democratic primary, it was a watershed moment in Palisades Park politics. The Bergen County borough is a major hub of New...

Palisades Park Democrats decline to back mayor for re-election

March 10, 2022 10:44 amMarch 10, 2022 11:57 am

The Palisades Park Democratic County Committee will not support the re-election of Mayor Christopher J. Chung and instead voted to support Paul Kim, a councilman, as their mayoral candidate. Chung told the New Jersey Globe that he would run off...

Statements on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

February 25, 2022 11:41 amFebruary 25, 2022 3:06 pm

U.S. SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ “Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is an eminently qualified jurist with impeccable credentials, profound integrity, and sound judgment. Throughout her career, Judge Jackson has excelled as a practitioner, including as a former assistant federal public defender, and...

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...