Gerald Cardinale Archives

Auth, DeFuccio defeat Schepisi-backed challengers in district 39

June 8, 2021 10:08 pmJune 9, 2021 4:01 pm

Assemblyman Bob Auth (R-Old Tappan) and Assemblywoman DeAnne DeFuccio defeated Saddle River Councilman John Azzariti and former Saddle River Republican Municipal Chairman Jon Kurpis. The contest in the 39th district saw State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) turn against Auth,...

Azzariti, Kurpis outraise incumbents in district 39

June 7, 2021 12:12 pm

District 39 Assembly candidates backed by State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) romped incumbent Assembly members Bob Auth (R-Old Tappan) and DeAnne DeFuccio (R-Upper Saddle River) in fundraising, according to 11-day pre-primary reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law...

In district 39, GOP candidates say opponents secretly Democrats

May 27, 2021 5:00 pm

It’s late May in New Jersey, and that means Republicans are accusing their primary opponents of being in the tank for Democrats. District 39 incumbents Assemblyman Bob Auth (R-Old Tappan) and Assemblywoman DeAnne DeFuccio (R-Upper Saddle River) earlier this week...

Azzariti outraised District 39 Assembly incumbents more than 2-to-1

May 18, 2021 4:57 pmMay 19, 2021 10:33 am

Republican Assembly challengers in the 39th district raised more than twice as much as the district’s incumbents over the most recent reporting period, and they’re heading into the final weeks of the race with a nearly three-to-one cash advantage. Saddle...

Schepisi won’t say why she spurned incumbents, but post-primary reconciliation’s on the table

May 6, 2021 12:53 pm

State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) declined to say what pushed her to back primary opponents challenging incumbent Assembly members running on Bergen County’s Republican organization line. “Honestly, my statement is all I’m doing,” she told the New Jersey Globe...

Murphy backs continued existence of senatorial courtesy

May 3, 2021 3:12 pmMay 4, 2021 12:48 am

Gov. Phil Murphy supported keeping in place an unwritten Senate rule that allows members to indefinitely block gubernatorial nominees from their home county Monday, backing a measure that has been used to stymie the governor’s own nominations. “I have to...

The time a write-in campaign worked

April 14, 2021 12:01 amApril 13, 2021 10:03 pm

Write-in campaigns are largely uphill, but not impossible under special circumstances. In 1994, Democrats in New Jersey’s 11th district had a critical electoral crisis. Their candidate for Congress against Republican Rep. Dean Gallo (R-Parsippany) was supposed to be Daniel Tauriello,...