Heather Simmons Archives - New Jersey Globe

South Jersey leaders promise to fight casinos outside Atlantic City in biting letter

March 27, 2026 4:06 pm

Growing buzz around the potential of casinos outside of Atlantic City has put South Jersey leaders on alert, and on Friday, they signed a strong letter promising to put the kibosh on the idea. In a bipartisan letter to Gov....

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...

Mapping Assembly Democrats’ dominant night

November 14, 2025 4:59 pmNovember 17, 2025 8:38 am

Assembly Democrats went into Election Day just hoping to play solid defense. On a solid night, they would’ve held all their Assembly seats. On a great night, Democrats would’ve picked up two or three. They ended up nabbing five. Now,...

Twenty takeaways on the 2025 Blue Wave and what comes next

November 7, 2025 3:16 pmNovember 21, 2025 12:11 am

Mikie Sherrill beats Jack Ciattarelli by more than 13 points. Democrats gain as many as five seats in the State Assembly, giving them their largest Assembly majority since the Watergate wave of 1973. Towns across the state that voted for...

Not even close: Mikie Sherrill dominates governor’s race on fantastic night for N.J. Dems

November 5, 2025 2:41 amNovember 5, 2025 2:58 am

After tens of millions of dollars were spent blanketing the airwaves with ads; after hundreds of thinkpieces were written about whether Democrats might be blowing it; after dozens of polls were conducted, many of them showing a race balancing on...

Bailey, Simmons win in South Jersey’s competitive LD3

November 4, 2025 11:08 pmNovember 5, 2025 2:42 am

Assemblyman Dave Bailey Jr. (D-Woodstown) and Assemblywoman Heather Simmons (D-Glassboro) won one of the toughest races for incumbent Democrats, the New Jersey Globe projects, holding onto a key district for South Jersey Democrats. Bailey and Simmons defeated Gloucester County Commissioner...

National organization of state troopers backs all incumbent legislators, will stay out of N.J. governor’s race

October 9, 2025 12:56 amOctober 9, 2025 12:57 pm

The National Troopers Coalition will remain neutral in the New Jersey governor’s race and has endorsed every incumbent in contests for the State Assembly. In the two split districts, the organization representing over 43,000 state troopers from 47 groups nationwide...