Hal Wirths Archives - New Jersey Globe

Space, Wirths win re-election

November 5, 2019 8:01 pmNovember 5, 2019 7:46 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Republican incumbents Parker Space and Hal Wirths have been re-elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in the 24th district. They defeated Democrats Deana Lykins, a former Senate staffer, and former Municipal Court...

Environmental group sending organizers into some Assembly races

October 1, 2019 1:16 pmOctober 3, 2019 10:49 am

The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters has dispatched three field organizers from their political action committee to organize ground support for their endorsed State Assembly candidates in seven legislative districts. In two of the districts – both with one...

State firefighters union urges defeat of Bramnick, endorses Democratic challengers in 21st

September 19, 2019 10:06 amSeptember 20, 2019 9:32 am

The New Jersey Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association has endorsed mostly incumbents for the 2019 State Assembly races, but is supporting Democratic challengers in the 21st district against Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Assembly Minority Whip Nancy Munoz (R-Summit)....

NJEA sides with GOP incumbents in key Assembly races

August 29, 2019 2:56 pmAugust 29, 2019 8:22 pm

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) has endorsed four Republican incumbents in hotly contested races for the State Assembly in the 2019 mid-term elections. The state’s largest public employee union also declined to back South Jersey Democrats in their bids...

Deana Lykins hits Wirths, Space over Lake Hopatcong

August 14, 2019 10:26 amAugust 14, 2019 11:50 am

Another Assembly candidate is taking aim at Republican incumbents using an algal bloom that has left the state’s largest lake shuttered to public use for weeks. “It is unacceptable for this state’s environmental protector to so obviously fall down on...

Space, Wirths tell Grewal to visit Sussex and defend himself

July 23, 2019 9:05 pm

Two Republican legislators are challenging Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to come to Sussex County to defend his opposition to a proposed referendum that challenges his Sanctuary State directive. Assemblymen Parker Space (R-Wantage) and Hal Wirths (R-Wantage) support a move by...

Lykins says some blame for Lake Hopatcong crisis belongs to Space, Wirths

July 5, 2019 4:56 pm

Toxic algae that has created a ban on swimming at Lake Hopatcong could emerge as an issue in the race for State Assembly in the heavily-Republican 24th district. Democrat Deana Lykins said that GOP incumbents Parker Space (R-Wantage) and Hal...