Jay Webber Archives

Oliver will help raise money for Pennacchio opponent

July 19, 2021 10:13 amJuly 19, 2021 10:14 am

Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver will boost a Democratic State Senate candidate in a predominately Republican district on Tuesday, appearing at a virtual fundraiser for Christine Clarke in the 26th district. Clarke is challenging four-term incumbent Joseph Pennacchio (R-Montville), the minority...

Assembly panel advances bill allowing New Jerseyans overseas to vote in local, state races

June 16, 2021 12:04 pm

The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would extend to New Jerseyans living overseas the right to vote in local and state elections regardless of whether they were certain they would return to the Garden State. The bill, sponsored...

Pennacchio, Kean don’t regret backing Morris GOP line

June 15, 2021 2:14 pm

GOP legislators who backed Morris County Republicans’ adoption of a party line haven’t soured on the practice after it facilitated an incumbent’s primary loss. “I think it was very successful,” said Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean (R-Westfield), whose district includes...

Barranco, Webber win GOP nods in district 26

June 9, 2021 12:05 amJune 9, 2021 7:02 am

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) has lost her re-election race to former Pompton Lakes Councilman Christian Barranco. The contest saw schisms form between the 26th district’s Republican county organizations. Morris County, which accounts 78% of the district’s GOP primary voters, awarded...

Webber heads into final days with sizeable cash advantage

June 7, 2021 11:24 amJune 7, 2021 12:49 pm

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) has more money banked then all the other GOP candidates in the 26th district combined, according to 11-day pre-primary reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Webber reported raising $19,405 in his...

DeCroce says her campaign’s knocked more than 20,000 doors

June 5, 2021 8:39 pm

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) says her campaign has knocked on more than 20,000 doors. “That’s an awful lot of doors to hit, and we’ve heard very positive thoughts and reactions to everybody that we’ve been going to,” she said. “I...

DeCroce announces Essex, Passaic endorsements

June 4, 2021 11:34 amJune 6, 2021 10:56 pm

A spate of local Republican officials in Passaic and Essex Counties endorsed Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce Friday. The endorsements from Passaic County come from a slew of current and former elected officials in West Milford. Mayor Michael Dale, Councilmen Michael Chazukow,...