John Currie Archives

Democratic State Chairman, John Currie, faces a challenge from LeRoy Jones, Jr.

Currie wants Ciattarelli, Steinhardt to acknowledge Trump loss

November 23, 2020 9:37 am

Democratic State Chairman John Currie called on his Republican counterparts to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in an apparent attempt to hamstring possible gubernatorial candidates. “New Jersey Republicans have spent the past four years in fear...

Murphy sidesteps on redistricting commission’s lack of Latina members

November 20, 2020 2:45 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sidestepped activists’ calls for a Latina to be appointed to the Democratic half of the legislative redistricting commission Friday. “I’m a big believer in diversity,” Murphy said. “I acknowledge and take the question and the point. I...

Currie will name Jones as Democratic redistricting chairman, with Avelenda as executive director

November 15, 2020 4:30 pmNovember 16, 2020 3:31 pm

Democratic State Chairman John Currie will announce later today that LeRoy Jones, Jr. will serve as his party’s chairman of the New Jersey Legislative Reapportionment Commission, with Saily Avelenda as the executive director. Currie will name Jones, Senate President Steve...

Democrats close to naming legislative redistricting commission members

November 13, 2020 4:55 pmNovember 13, 2020 9:10 pm

New Jersey Legislative Reapportionment Commission will follow the guidelines set in a deal over the Democratic state party chairmanship last year, with seats going to Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and South Jersey, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The five...

Democrats will make redistricting picks by next week’s deadline, Murphy says

November 9, 2020 3:48 pmNovember 9, 2020 3:53 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said the state’s Democrats intend to nominate their half of the legislative redistricting commission ahead of next week’s deadline, but he gave little indication of how soon that announcement would come. “There’s a date by which we...

Murphy says threat of prison will stop election officials from releasing early results

September 2, 2020 4:04 pmSeptember 3, 2020 1:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t prepared to call for county party chairs to resign from their seats on county election boards over a provision allowing the panels to begin canvassing ballots 10 days before election day. “I haven’t thought through who...

Georgia Scott, first Black woman to serve as Passaic freeholder, dies at 74

August 28, 2020 2:43 pm

Georgia Scott, the first Black woman and first Democratic woman to win a seat on the Passaic County Board of Freeholders, died on August 22. She was 74. Republicans had a 7-0 majority on the freeholder board when Scott made...