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Kyrillos not running for governor

July 29, 2019 2:44 pmJuly 30, 2019 12:31 pm

Former State Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R-Middletown) won’t run for Governor in 2021. “I have ruled it out,” Kyrillos told the New Jersey Globe. “I’m not running for governor.” Kyrillos left the State Senate last year after more than 30 years...

Select Committee won’t investigate EDA task force, Smith says

July 29, 2019 2:30 pmJuly 29, 2019 4:44 pm

The Select Senate Committee on Economic Growth Strategies won’t be used to investigate Gov. Phil Murphy’s tax incentive task force, State Sen. Bob Smith, the committee’s chairman, said Monday. “To be clear, this committee is not planning to conduct an...

Codey likens EGS committee to Trump investigating Mueller

June 24, 2019 3:44 pmJune 24, 2019 6:14 pm

Former Gov. Dick Codey criticized the Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies on Monday, likening it to President Donald Trump investigating Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. “This committee, it’s kind of like Trump investigating Mueller at the same time, but...

DiMaso tossed from GOP fundraiser

June 9, 2019 3:17 pmJune 9, 2019 3:18 pm

Monmouth County Republicans barred Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) from attending a party fundraiser on Wednesday because she bucked the GOP line in the Holmdel Township Committee primary. DiMaso was told in advance that she had been disinvited from the event,...

Menendez teams up with Roque for Venezuela event

March 26, 2019 11:49 amMarch 26, 2019 3:25 pm

Six weeks before West New York municipal elections, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has signed on to join mayor Felix Roque at an event today with the First Lady Fabiana Rosales, the wife acting Venezuela president Juan Guaidó. Menendez’s decision to...

Millionaire David Richter mulls self-funded challenge to Jeff Van Drew

March 2, 2019 12:00 pmMarch 12, 2019 5:59 pm

David Richter, the former CEO of one of the nation’s largest construction firms, is considering a self-funded challenge to freshman Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) in New Jersey’s 2nd district next year. He is attending the NJGOP Summit in Atlantic...

Murphy emissaries aid chief of staff search

January 11, 2019 4:27 pm

There’s one thing – perhaps the only thing – Donald Trump and Phil Murphy have in common: neither can find a chief of staff. The search for one of the most powerful insider positions in state government has been going...