George Youngkin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Some Essex school board candidates not permitted to withdraw even though ballots were not printed

September 26, 2024 9:02 pm

School board candidates in Livingston and Millburn sought to remove their names from the general election ballot on September 4 after deciding to drop out of the race, but Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner denied their request without holding a...

Stanfield leads Addiego, Torrissi and Umba win in the 8th district

November 2, 2021 11:41 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:11 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Hammonton Councilman Michael Torrissi and Acting Manchester Township Administrator Brandon Umba, both Republicans, have defeated Democrats Allison Eckel and Mark Natale for the 8th legislative district’s Assembly seats, holding both for the GOP....

Burlington GOP seeks a comeback

November 1, 2021 11:59 am

Not too long ago, Burlington County had one of the most formidable county Republican political machines in the state, but demographic transformations finally caught up and Democrats began winning elections. That was just four years ago, but now Burlington is...

Can Republicans beat the state senator who spurned them?

September 24, 2021 3:24 pmSeptember 27, 2021 9:17 am

Four years ago, State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) was in the fight for her political life. Addiego, a Republican former assemblywoman and county freeholder, won her first term to the state’s Burlington County-based 8th Senate district uncontested in 2011, and...

Burlington GOP official endorses Richter

March 5, 2020 3:47 pmMarch 5, 2020 3:48 pm

Republican congressional candidate David Richter has won a high profile endorsement from Kate Gibbs’ Burlington County base one day after winning the Ocean County GOP organization line. Hainesport Republican municipal chair Lee Schneider, the deputy mayor, announced today that she...

Former Burlington County Freeholder Kate Gibbs will challenge Andy Kim in the Third Legislative District.

Kate Gibbs will challenge Andy Kim in NJ-3

November 20, 2019 10:18 amNovember 20, 2019 2:12 pm

Former Burlington County Freeholder Kate Gibbs will challenge Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) for New Jersey’s 3rd district congressional seat in 2020. “As a millennial Republican woman who has good friends on both sides of the aisle, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s brand of...

Kate Gibbs mulling run for Congress against Andy Kim

July 26, 2019 1:52 pmJuly 27, 2019 11:43 am

Former Burlington County Freeholder Kate Gibbs is actively exploring a bid for the Republican nomination for Congress against Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) in New Jersey’s 3rd district, according to four sources familiar with the fledgling campaign. Kim is considered one...