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Assembly committee advances bill restricting use of facial recognition technology in arrest warrants

October 19, 2026 6:32 pmOctober 19, 2026 6:32 pm

A bill that would prohibit police from relying solely on facial recognition technology to establish probable cause for an arrest warrant cleared the Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee on Monday in a party-line vote. Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin) sponsored...

Bob Smith will make decision on re-election to Senate by Thanksgiving

June 12, 2026 10:53 amJune 12, 2026 3:30 pm

Veteran State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) hasn’t decided if he’ll seek re-election to his 17th district Senate seat next year, but he promised a final decision by Thanksgiving. There has been speculation in recent months that Smith, the 79-year-old chairman...

Joe Egan won’t seek re-election to State Assembly

July 13, 2023 6:21 pmJuly 14, 2023 11:07 am

Assemblyman Joseph Egan (D-New Brunswick) has changed his mind and won’t seek re-election after 22 years in the legislature, triggering a special meeting of the Democratic county committee in the 17th district to pick a replacement on the general election...

Egan, Danielson re-elected

November 5, 2019 8:01 pmNovember 5, 2019 7:50 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Democratic incumbents Joseph Egan and Joseph Danielson have been re-elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in the 17th district. They defeated Republicans Patricia Badovinac and Maria Concepcion Powell, who once ran for...

State Dems walk back Murphy comments

July 2, 2019 6:42 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee walked back comments made by Gov. Phil Murphy, who declined to say if there were any Democratic legislators up for re-election in November who should not be re-elected. “Governor Murphy is the leader of...

Can Currie and Schaffer deliver votes against dark-money override?

June 9, 2019 12:01 amJune 9, 2019 11:34 pm

Two Democratic county chairs closely allied with Gov. Phil Murphy are facing tests of strength of Monday when legislators are expected to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would force dark-money groups to disclose their donors. John Currie...

Danielsen, Egan win in LD17

June 4, 2019 8:31 pm

The New Jersey Globe is calling the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the 17th district for incumbent Assemblymen Joe Danielsen and Joe Egan. They have defeated progressive challenger Ron Rivers The two will go on to face Patricia Badovinac...