Jill LaZare Archives - New Jersey Globe

Way picks up new support as part of ‘Women for Tahesha Way’ coalition

January 9, 2026 1:53 pm

Lieutenant Gov. Tahesha Way’s campaign for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district will launch “Women for Tahesha Way” at an event in Montclair tomorrow, and the new coalition will have a few notable names at the helm. Leading the coalition will...

51 New Jersey women sign letter praising Platkin nomination as attorney general, urging his confirmation

February 10, 2022 2:12 amFebruary 10, 2022 5:46 pm

Some of the New Jersey’s most influential women leaders have signed on to a letter endorsing Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as Attorney General, a move intended to send a signal to some members of the State Senate...

Early VBM numbers looks good for Democrats in 21st district

October 21, 2019 4:17 pmOctober 21, 2019 4:28 pm

Early Vote-by-Mail data appears to be encouraging news for Democrats seeking to oust Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Assembly Minority Whip Nancy Munoz (R-Summit) in the hotly-contested 21st district race. Two weeks away from Election Day, 4,464 vote-by-mail...

Maps: A deep dive into the 21st district

August 8, 2019 2:38 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Assembly Minority Whip Nancy Munoz (R-Summit) are seeking re-election in the 21st legislative district, which was carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016, Phil Murphy in 2017, and House Democrats and Bob Menendez in...

In fight to win Assembly seat, Gunderman takes a vacation

July 11, 2019 6:21 pmJuly 11, 2019 6:51 pm

When Gov. Phil Murphy visited Westfield in June to talk gun safety days after a man was arrested in the parking lot of a local school holding a .45-caliber handgun with an arsenal of hollow-point bullets, Democratic Assembly candidate Stacey...

Once a GOP stronghold, Westfield now leans Democratic

June 16, 2019 12:13 pmJune 17, 2019 9:14 am

Westfield was a solidly Republican town for more than a century, but it’s become a Democratic-leaning swing town in recent years. Bramnick finished second in Westfield when he ran for re-election in 2017, finishing 222 votes behind Democrat Lacey Cotter...

Gunderman ouster a surprise to Assembly candidate

June 12, 2019 1:24 pmJune 12, 2019 5:11 pm

Assembly candidate Stacey Gunderman did not know New Providence Democratic Municipal Chairwoman Rupa Kale would seek the role before Monday, when Kale’s surprise candidacy pushed Gunderman to withdraw and avoid a re-election bid to the head of the town’s Democratic...