Joe Scarpa Archives - New Jersey Globe

Democrats make August registration gains in key legislative districts

September 10, 2019 9:47 am

Democrats outpaced Republicans in August voter registration in each of the battleground districts for the 2019 mid-term Assembly races. While some of the numbers may seem small, close races for the legislature are not uncommon. Three contests over the last...

The year of the unlikely voter: why Democrats care so much about VBM reform

August 23, 2019 2:15 amAugust 23, 2019 2:51 pm

New Jersey has elections where candidates for the State Assembly head the ticket twice in four years, every other decade. It occurred in 2015 and won’t happen again until 2035. 2019 is considered an off-off year, when voter turnout is...

GOP fields strong Assembly slate in 38th

March 7, 2019 10:08 am

Republicans look like they are playing to win in the 38th district State Assembly race, where they have fielded one of their strongest slates in years to challenge a pair of incumbent Democrats. Paramus councilman Christopher DiPiazza and Rochelle Park...

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. ...

Ex-GOP Assembly contender now a Democrat

April 3, 2018 11:39 amApril 3, 2018 6:10 pm

As a Republican running in the 38th legislative district, Joe Scarpa came within 56 votes of unseating Assemblyman Tim Eustace (D-Maywood) in 2013. Now Scarpa has switched parties and is seeking a return to the Rochelle Park Township Committee as...