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With a boost from Roger Chugh, Watson Coleman raises $60k in 2nd quarter

July 15, 2019 2:44 pm

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) raised $59,778 during the 2nd quarter of 2019 and has $161,394 cash-on-hand, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Among her donors was former Assistant New Jersey Secretary of State Roger Chugh, who...

Annie Grant, Monmouth Democratic leader, dies at 83

July 7, 2019 5:24 pmJuly 7, 2019 10:54 pm

Annie Williams Grant, a fixture in Monmouth County Democratic politics for parts of four decades, died on July 3. She was 83. Grant became the Democratic candidate for Monmouth County Clerk in 1989. She lost the general election to three-term...

Joseph Simunovich, top New Jersey political figure, dies at 78

June 18, 2019 9:43 pmJune 19, 2019 9:01 am

Joseph J. Simunovich, a popular and influential fixture in North Jersey politics for the last six decades, passed away this evening. He was 78. Simunovich served twelve years as a Hudson County Freeholder and later as chairman of the New...

Murphy job approvals about where Christie was at same point

June 17, 2019 9:13 amJune 17, 2019 9:22 am

As Gov. Phil Murphy approaches his mid-term election, his job approvals — 42%-32% in a new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll — are similar to those of his predecessor, Chris Christie, in June. Christie was at 44%-37% in a June 21,...

Sarlo is unopposed in Wood-Ridge, where he’s been mayor for 20 years

June 14, 2019 2:54 pmJune 14, 2019 2:56 pm

One of New Jersey’s most powerful elected officials will run unopposed for a sixth term as mayor of a small Bergen County municipality with a population of 7,626. No Republican filed to challenge Democrat Paul Sarlo, the chairman of the...

Bill Hodas, ex-mayor, municipal chair for 43 years, dies

May 30, 2019 1:36 pmMay 30, 2019 1:37 pm

Bill Hodas, a Democrat who served as mayor of Franklin in Sussex County for sixteen years and held appointed state posts under five governors, died on May 28. He was 92. Hodas was also one of the longest-serving municipal chairs...

Murphy’s Supreme Court pick comes next year and he could name first black woman

April 24, 2019 12:01 amApril 24, 2019 10:59 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will get to make his first appointment to the New Jersey Supreme Court later next year when Justice Walter F. Timpone reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 and there is a decent chance he will use...