Jim Whelan Archives - New Jersey Globe

In district 2, Polistina’s public contracts again a campaign issue

June 1, 2021 10:15 am

Republican State Senate candidate Seth Grossman launched a new attack against county-backed rival Vince Polistina, charging he would be unable to stand up to Trenton Democrats because of public contracts held by his engineering firm. “Polistina said that for years,...

Kurtz eyeing Assembly bid in Atlantic County

November 17, 2020 2:35 pmNovember 17, 2020 4:23 pm

The lone Republican on Atlantic City’s council is eyeing a bid for State Assembly in the 2nd legislative district. “I’m definitely looking into it. I have not formally declared,” said Councilman Jessie O. Kurtz, who represents the city’s 6th Ward....

Mazzeo: Senate bid unlikely

February 3, 2020 1:48 pm

Don’t expect Vince Mazzeo to run for a seat in the legislature’s upper chamber. The assemblyman, who won his fourth term in November, said he’d likely remain in the lower chamber, where his growing tenure has secured him a measure...

Back in local office, Amodeo seeks second term in Margate

May 8, 2019 5:03 pmMay 9, 2019 11:28 am

Just one challenger is contesting three incumbents who make up the entire Margate City Commission in next week’s non-partisan elections. One of the incumbents is John Amodeo, a Republican who served three terms in the New Jersey State Assembly before...

Armato won’t challenge Brown in ’21

March 7, 2019 3:22 pm

Assemblyman John Armato does not intend to challenge Sen. Chris Brown in 2021. “Yes,” Armato said when asked if he had ruled out running for his district’s Senate seat. “I haven’t got done what I want to do here.” The...

Battleground 2019

July 9, 2018 12:31 amJuly 9, 2018 4:08 pm

The likely best-case scenario for Republicans in 2019 is a pickup of ten Assembly seats, which would bring them to respectable and relevant 36 seats hearing into the second half of Gov. Phil Murphy’s term – and into legislative redistricting. ...

Corzine’s shutdown poll numbers

June 19, 2018 2:17 pm

A little history on New Jersey budget wars and the 2019 elections. Gov. Jon Corzine finished the 2006 state government shutdown with a 44%-38% approval rating, according to a Quinnipiac University poll that went into the field the day the...