Giuseppe Costanzo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge sends Jersey Freedom probe to ELEC

March 18, 2024 2:47 pmMarch 18, 2024 10:59 pm

Jersey Freedom, the shadowy super PAC that spent money supporting phantom candidate Giuseppe Costanzo in a competitive South Jersey State Senate race last year, will be under the purview of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Superior Court Judge...

Independent expenditure group that backed phantom candidate tied to Roginsky partner (Updated)

January 5, 2024 8:39 amJanuary 8, 2024 8:13 pm

The bank account for a shadowy political group that backed a conservative phantom candidate in a South Jersey Senate race, Jersey Freedom, was opened last year with a $50 check written by Chris Bastardi, a New York public relations consultant...

ELEC will join GOP in Jersey Freedom lawsuit

December 19, 2023 11:57 amDecember 20, 2023 12:25 am

In a move that potentially transforms them from bystanders to aggressive watchdogs over campaign spending, the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission will become involved in a lawsuit connected to Jersey Freedom, a shadowy independent expenditure group closely tied to...

Phantom candidates didn’t make much of a dent in key races

November 9, 2023 12:35 pm

Prior to New Jersey’s legislative elections on Tuesday, a lot of attention was directed at the phenomenon of “phantom candidates,” or conservative third-party candidates whose main purpose appeared to be siphoning away votes from GOP legislative nominees. In close races,...

Moriarty holds competitive 4th district for Dems, defeating Del Borrello

November 7, 2023 9:51 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:08 am

Democrats have retained control of the highly competitive 4th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, with Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Washington) winning a seat in the Senate and Monroe school board member Cody Miller and Gloucester Township Councilman Dan Hutchison...

N.J. Judge freezes bank account of dark money group backing fake candidate, bars them from further voter communications

November 3, 2023 12:24 pmNovember 3, 2023 3:18 pm

A Superior Court judge today froze the bank account of a tenebrous dark money independent expenditure group backing a phantom candidate in the 4th district State Senate race. Judge Michael Blee said that Jersey Freedom may make no further expenditures...

Jersey Freedom remains a dark money group, with a debt and no donors

October 30, 2023 11:38 am

Jersey Freedom, the shadowy dark money group that is backing a phantom candidate for State Senate, has spent $35,226 in two South Jersey races but received no contributions, according to reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission....