Erik Simonsen Archives - Page 2 of 9

AFL-CIO backs mostly incumbents from both parties

June 18, 2025 1:32 pm

The New Jersey AFL-CIO has endorsed a number of incumbent members of the State Assembly from both parties, including most of the competitive districts, but took a pass on the 21st and moved against incumbents in the 39th. The AFL-CIO...

A rundown of today’s races for the N.J. Legislature

June 10, 2025 6:01 amJune 10, 2025 7:34 pm

This story was originally published on March 25, 2025, after the primary election filing deadline, and has been edited in many districts to reflect the current state of races. Over 200 candidates will compete in Democratic and Republican primaries today...

Woman who helped break the county line joins Fulop slate as Assembly candidate

January 2, 2025 8:00 amJanuary 2, 2025 8:09 am

Carolyn Rush, who mounted primary campaigns for Congress in 2022 and 2024 and joined Andy Kim as a plaintiff in a lawsuit that appears to have ended the county organization line, will seek the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in...

Cape May GOP comes in strong for Bashaw’s Senate campaign

February 2, 2024 10:05 amFebruary 2, 2024 5:08 pm

A huge contingent of Republican party leaders and elected officials in Cape May County have endorsed real estate developer Curtis Bashaw in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, giving the Cape May City resident an early political base in New...

Team Testa prevails once again in increasingly Republican 1st district

November 7, 2023 9:27 pmNovember 7, 2023 10:15 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa (R-Vineland) and his running mates, Assemblymen Antwan McClellan (R-Ocean City) and Erik Simonsen (R-Lower), have won re-election in the 1st legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 9:27 p.m., Testa leads Democrat Charles Laspata...

Supplemental ELEC funding begins progressing through legislature

May 11, 2023 3:08 pmMay 11, 2023 3:08 pm

A month after the Elections Transparency Act substantially reshaped the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), the Assembly State and Local Government Committee approved a new bill today that would boost ELEC’s budget by nearly 30%, from $5.5 million...

More election reforms clear Assembly committee, including bill requiring updated reporting of election results

February 16, 2023 4:47 pm

Four more bills reforming New Jersey’s elections administration cleared the Assembly State and Local Government Committee today, including one notable bill that would require county clerks to update election results and uncounted ballot tallies every day following an election. Currently,...