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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...

Ex-Assembly Speaker endorses Ciattarelli

January 9, 2025 6:05 pmJanuary 10, 2025 10:38 am

Former Assembly Speaker Jack Collins is supporting Jack Ciattarelli for the Republican nomination for governor. “Jack Ciattarelli understands the problems facing New Jersey residents because he’s one of us – a regular, down to Earth, Jersey guy who has seen...

The O’Toole Chronicles: 40 Years

December 3, 2024 12:01 amDecember 3, 2024 11:44 am

I recently hit a milestone in my life and, frankly, I am grateful and humbled by hitting this milestone— 40 years in politics and public service. I happened to turn 60 years of age when I also celebrated my 40-year...

A brief electoral history of Steve Sweeney

January 25, 2024 6:32 pmJanuary 27, 2024 12:54 pm

Last month, former Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) did something he’s been wanting to do for a decade: launch a campaign for governor of New Jersey. Sweeney, a union ironworker from South Jersey, is one of several Democrats who...

Raymond Zane, represented South Jersey in N.J. Senate for 28 years, dies at 84

January 10, 2024 10:51 amJanuary 10, 2024 3:44 pm

Raymond J. Zane, who served in the New Jersey State Senate for 28 years as a maverick before switching parties and losing to Democrat Steve Sweeney, died Monday. He was 84. Zane was a 34-year-old Democratic freeholder from Gloucester County...

Two Salem County Commissioners back Sawyer for Senate

May 16, 2023 10:34 am

Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich)’s off-the-line primary campaign against State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) has earned the backing of two Salem County Commissioners, one of whom was briefly Sawyer’s running mate earlier this year in the 3rd legislative district. Commissioners Ben...

A look at the 13 legislative districts hosting contested primaries in 2023

March 29, 2023 12:04 pmMarch 29, 2023 12:55 pm

Filing day has come and gone; though petition challenges and write-in candidacies could still shake some things up, we basically know who is running for the New Jersey Legislature this year and who isn’t. A total of 258 candidates filed...