Joey Rullo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy formally launches bid for 2nd term as governor, will run with Oliver

October 1, 2020 2:10 pmOctober 1, 2020 5:35 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy formally will begin his bid for a second term today, filing a campaign committee with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission allowing him to immediately begin raising money for his re-election bid. The move allows Murphy...

Union County vote is first in GOP U.S. Senate race

January 29, 2020 5:48 pmJanuary 29, 2020 5:50 pm

Union County will be the first GOP organization to take sides in the race for U.S. Senate when they hold their convention this evening. Republicans have lost the last sixteen races for U.S. Senate in New Jersey and haven’t won...

Montclair State University professor Brigid Callahan Harrison is considering running against Jeff Van Drew.

Van Drew will face primary challenge if he votes against Trump impeachment; Brigid Harrison mulls House bid

November 25, 2019 9:22 pmNovember 27, 2019 12:04 pm

Freshman Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) will almost certainly face a Democratic primary challenge if he votes against impeaching President Donald Trump and could lose contests for organization lines at county conventions early next year, six Democratic leaders told the...

MAGA activist threatens Bramnick primary

January 8, 2019 4:57 pmJanuary 9, 2019 12:20 pm

Grassroots supporters of Donald Trump want to send Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) a message that bashing the president won’t fly by recruiting a challenger against the nine-term incumbent in the June Republican primary. “We will primary any Republican...

Mission Impossible: The search for a GOP Senate candidate vs. Booker

November 12, 2018 12:38 pmNovember 13, 2018 11:24 am

Republicans will have a nearly impossible time recruiting a candidate to run against U.S. Senator Cory Booker in 2020. New Jerseyans just re-elected a senator with upside-down approvals of 36%-52%. Booker’s approvals are at 58%-37%. Their 2018 candidate, Bob Hugin...

Ex-GOP candidate won’t back Hugin

September 1, 2018 4:03 pmSeptember 1, 2018 8:25 pm

Conservative activist Joey Rullo, who sought the GOP nomination for governor in 2017, is endorsing independent Tricia Flanagan for U.S. Senate in the general election. Rullo says that Republican Bob Hugin is not a conservative Republican, partly because he bashes...