Jean Stanfield Archives - New Jersey Globe

Tiver signs off on Hoffman, paving the way for Supreme Court confirmation next month

August 14, 2024 10:26 amAugust 14, 2024 11:44 am

Gov. Phil Murphy’s nominee for associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, John Jay Hoffman, has passed a critical point in his bid for Senate confirmation with signoff from State Sen. Latham Tiver (R-Southampton), the New Jersey Globe has...

Democrat Andrea Katz pulls ahead by 27 votes for LD8 Assembly seat

November 9, 2023 7:15 pmAugust 21, 2024 9:10 pm

In what may be a shocking upset, Democrat Andrea Katz has taken an extremely narrow lead for one of two Assembly seats in the 8th legislative district. With new votes counted out of Burlington County, Katz leads Assemblyman Brandon Umba...

Despite lots of turnover, new legislature will be demographically similar to current one

November 8, 2023 5:29 pm

One of the dominant themes of this year’s New Jersey legislative elections was turnover. Thanks to a large number of retirements and defeats, there will be a whopping 29 new faces joining the legislature in January, plus another seven current...

(Updated) Republicans hold LD8 in closer-than-expected race, with Tiver winning his first Senate term

November 7, 2023 10:53 pmNovember 9, 2023 7:29 pm

NOTE: After more ballots were counted, Democrat Andrea Katz leads Republican Assemblyman Brandon Umba by 27 votes as of the evening of November 9. The race call for that Assembly seat has been retracted. Two years after narrowly winning one...

Oliver Tribute: Jean Stanfield, Michael Torrissi, and Brandon Umba

August 1, 2023 2:43 pm

State Sen. Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton) and Assemblymen Michael Torrissi (R-Hammonton) and Brandon Umba (R-Hainesport) released the following statement on the death of Lieutenant Gov. Sheila Oliver: “We are profoundly sad to hear of the passing of Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver....

Legislature passes budget, apparently with no further legislative fixes necessary

June 30, 2023 4:06 pmJuly 2, 2023 9:18 pm

After a hectic week of complications, the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly passed the Fiscal Year 2024 budget today on largely party-line votes – apparently with the necessary technical fixes adopted and no further action required by the legislature....

Polistina, Singer express openness to voting for budget

June 26, 2023 5:29 pm

With a deal on the New Jersey state budget coming together, two moderate Republican senators, State Sens. Vince Polistina (R-Egg Harbor) and Bob Singer (R-Lakewood), are both sounding open to the idea of voting in favor of the ultimate budget...