State Sen. Dick Codey will oppose the constitutional amendment on redistricting being pushed by Democratic leaders in the legislature. “I cannot in good conscious support SCR-152. This bill would make our commission less independent. Efforts to change our redistricting process began a few years ago, and I feel this plan moves us backward, not forward from that proposal,” Codey said. “I believe there are some parts of the plan that
Two Hudson Democratic Senators join together
Says he wants legislators on the map-making panel
Risks offending Currie going into ’21 re-election
Proposed constitutional amendment to change the way legislative districts are drawn is headed to the full Senate
Proposed constitutional amendment could force Pou to choose between Sweeney and Currie
Gov. Phil Murphy hasn’t started whipping votes against a constitutional amendment pushed by legislative leaders that would tilt the state’s redistricting process in Democrats’ favor. “I've not spoken to anybody who's going to cast a vote one way or the other on that,” Murphy said at an unrelated press conference Friday. “That's not to say we wouldn't. We're going to make our positions known as we digest this.” Murphy on
Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t backing legislative Democrats’ attempt to change the state’s redistricting process through a constitutional amendment “I'm not a buyer of it,” Murphy said when asked about the amendment at an unrelated press conference Monday. The measure has been viewed by observers as an attack meant to reduce the power Democratic State Chairman John Currie, a close Murphy ally. Currently, each party state chair appoints half of the
Ex-Paterson cop ran for mayor vs. Pascrell in 1990
Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean attacked legislative Democrats over a recently-introduced constitutional amendment that he and non-partisan observers say would skew the state’s district lines against the GOP. “The constitutional amendment proposed by New Jersey Democrats is not about making our elections fairer or legislative districts more competitive,” Kean said. “This sham of an amendment is about power. It’s about Democrats who have controlled the Legislature for nearly two decades
