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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...

Tom Pankok, former assemblyman, Salem political leader, dies at 90

January 31, 2022 10:38 pmFebruary 1, 2022 9:45 am

Thomas A. Pankok, a humble, community-minded Korean War veteran who served two terms in New Jersey State Assembly before he was swept out of office in Gov. Thomas Kean’s 1985 landslide re-election, died on January 31. He was 90. Pankok...

The story of a N.J. Assembly Democratic feud and the ‘seven southern castaways’

January 31, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 31, 2022 12:04 pm

The decision of Democrats to dump Steve Sweeney, the former Senate President, from his seat on the Legislative Apportionment Commission, has led to speculation – so far unfounded, that South Jersey will retaliate through diminished cooperation with the Gov. Phil...

Burzichelli could return in 2023 as a senator — in one of two districts

November 18, 2021 9:09 amNovember 18, 2021 12:26 pm

After losing his bid for re-election after twenty years in the State Assembly, John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro) has two paths to return the New Jersey Legislature as a senator in two years, depending on redistricting. Right now, Burzichelli is the early...

Coughlin gets third term as Assembly Speaker

November 4, 2021 2:45 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin was re-elected to a third term as Speaker and will become the state’s longest-serving lower Democratic lower house leader when the Legislature reorganizes in January. Once he completes his next term, Coughlin will have tied Jack...

Lawmaker will seek to impeach corrections commissioner over prison abuse scandal

February 5, 2021 7:02 pmFebruary 6, 2021 1:22 pm

Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield is planning to initiate impeachment proceedings against state Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks over allegations of beatings and sexual assaults at a woman’s prison he ran. Stanfield’s move to ask the State Assembly to impeach a member of...