Anthony Verrelli won a seat in the State Assembly by just five votes in a second ballot win over Jeffrey Laurenti, according to an internal tally obtained by the New Jersey Globe and verified by a Mercer County Democrat. Democrats...
The unexpectedly close race for Reed Gusciora’s open 15th district Assembly seat represents a missed opportunity for Gov. Phil Murphy, since the losing candidate campaigned as an openly pro-Murphy candidate. Anthony Verrelli won by a margin that was reportedly between...
Mercer County Freeholder Anthony Verrelli was elected to fill the Assembly seat left vacant when Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora was sworn into his current post, winning in the runoff by five votes. “I feel good,” Verrelli said shortly after his...
Though Jeff Laurenti is running for Reed Gusciora’s Assembly seat to give the governor an ally in the legislature, Murphy on Friday declined to endorse him – or any of the other candidates seeking the seat. “We haven’t weighed in...
Though a former post saw him directing the state’s Democratic Senators, Jeffrey Laurenti is running for the Assembly seat left vacant by Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora by framing himself as a close ally of Gov. Phil Murphy. “I have been...