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Meet the New Jersey State Assembly Class of 2025

January 13, 2026 11:06 amJanuary 17, 2026 1:27 pm

Twelve new Democrats will join the New Jersey General Assembly at noon today. After ousting five incumbent Republicans in the November general election, Democrats today expand their majority to 57-23, their largest caucus since the 1973 Watergate landslide. Craig Coughlin...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Tucker, Onyema win unopposed in LD28

November 4, 2025 8:01 pmNovember 4, 2025 6:55 pm

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) and her running mate, Newark West Ward Democratic co-chairman Chigozie Onyema, have won seats in the 28th legislative district unopposed, the New Jersey Globe projects, with no Republicans or independent candidates making the ballot to run...

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...

The race is on – sort of – for Mikie Sherrill’s House seat

June 16, 2025 1:59 pmSeptember 4, 2025 5:10 pm

For the next five months, ambitious politicians in New Jersey’s 11th congressional district will be in a strange sort of limbo. Their local congresswoman, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), is now the Democratic nominee for governor, meaning that there could be...

It’s Jack versus Mikie, as voters deliver resounding victories for N.J. gov frontrunners

June 11, 2025 3:28 am

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) entered tonight’s primaries for New Jersey governor as frontrunners. They left them as winners. Both Sherrill, a congresswoman since 2019, and Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman and the GOP’s nominee for...

Tucker, Onyema win in LD-28; Hall loses seat

June 10, 2025 11:18 pmJune 11, 2025 12:59 am

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) and Chigozie Onyema, the co-chair of Newark’s West Ward Democratic Committee and a former city council candidate, won the Democratic nominations for Assembly in the 28th legislative district, setting them on a glide path to Trenton. ...