Joe Vitale Archives - New Jersey Globe

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

How every town voted in N.J.’s 2023 State Senate elections

December 11, 2023 3:11 pmDecember 12, 2023 2:42 pm

All the votes have been counted and certified; New Jersey’s 2023 elections are officially part of the history books now. With the dust fully settled, Democrats will begin next legislative session with a 25-15 majority in the Senate and a...

Middlesex Dems hold three core legislative districts, with wins by Smith, Diegnan, Vitale, Coughlin

November 7, 2023 9:55 pmNovember 7, 2023 9:55 pm

Three Middlesex County-based legislative districts – the 17th, 18th, and 19th – have elected all-Democratic legislative delegations, the New Jersey Globe projects, with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) among the winners. In the overwhelmingly Democratic 17th district, which is centered...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington (and New Jersey) this week

September 8, 2023 5:33 pm

After its August hiatus, Congress returned to Washington this week – or at least, the Senate did. (The House will come back next week.) For the next month, all eyes will be on whether the two chambers can pass the...

Diegnan, Vitale dispatch Democratic primary challengers with ease

June 6, 2023 9:16 pm

Two state senators in Middlesex County, Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield) and Joe Vitale (D-Woodbridge), have both easily defeated Democratic primary challengers in the 18th and 19th legislative districts, the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 9:15 p.m. and with only...

McKeon, Collazos-Gill get CWA’s backing

May 30, 2023 11:05 am

The Communication Workers of America (CWA), a progressive force in New Jersey politics, endorsed 16 Democratic state legislative candidates today, including five candidates who face challengers in next week’s primary election. In the 27th legislative district, the CWA is backing...

SEIU endorses six Dem legislators, including Gopal, Zwicker

May 12, 2023 10:32 amMay 13, 2023 3:28 pm

The New Jersey State Council of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) endorsed six Democratic state legislators for the 2023 elections today – two of whom, State Sens. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) and Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick), are running for...