Joe Pennacchio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Pennacchio calls for federal probe of MVC voter registration failure

July 22, 2026 12:51 pm

State Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R-Montville) is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s automatic voter registration system after an alleged software failure resulted in approximately 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote and...

Pennacchio, Corrado hold GOP-leaning North Jersey legislative districts

November 7, 2023 11:00 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:13 am

Two GOP-leaning North Jersey legislative districts, the Morris County-based 26th district and the Passaic and Essex County-based 40th district, have elected full slates of Republican legislators, the New Jersey Globe projects. The 26th district hosted an intense primary earlier this...

Serrano Glassner gets heap of endorsements from Morris County

September 25, 2023 8:30 amSeptember 24, 2023 10:46 pm

Mendham Borough Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner’s campaign for the U.S. Senate picked up a huge number of endorsements in her native Morris County today, among them Morris GOP chair Laura Marie Ali, six state legislators, six county commissioners, and 21...

Murphy nominates Zimmerman to be permanent DOBI commissioner

September 6, 2023 12:30 pmSeptember 6, 2023 2:35 pm

After just over two months as acting commissioner, Justin Zimmerman was officially nominated by Gov. Phil Murphy this morning to be the permanent commissioner of the state Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI), succeeding former Commissioner Marlene Caride. Zimmerman had...

A closer look at more of last week’s legislative primaries

June 14, 2023 5:16 pmJune 15, 2023 3:48 am

Every New Jersey primary tells a story. Sometimes, that story is not a very interesting one – the heavily favored candidate wins by a lot and everyone goes home. But in more competitive contests, primary results reveal all sorts of...

Spadea goes one-for-four in competitive GOP legislative primaries

June 7, 2023 1:17 pm

In New Jersey’s four most competitive Republican legislative primaries this year, one man was a constant presence: Bill Spadea, a conservative talk radio host and prospective 2025 gubernatorial candidate. Spadea issued endorsements in all four primaries, campaigning with the candidates...

Pennachio, Webber, Bergen victorious in competitive LD26 Republican primary

June 6, 2023 10:20 pmJune 7, 2023 3:19 am

Three incumbent legislators from the 26th district – State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville), Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains), and Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) – have won their respective Republican primaries after an intense campaign, the New Jersey Globe projects. All...