John Flora Archives - New Jersey Globe

Two Republicans vying for nod to take on Payne

March 30, 2020 7:21 pmMarch 30, 2020 9:32 pm

Two Republicans will compete in a hotly-contested primary to win the party nomination in one of the most Democratic House districts in the nation. Republicans Jennifer Zinone and Michael Barrett submitted their nominating petitions to take on Rep. Donald Payne...

Five more House candidates file petitions

March 23, 2020 3:15 pmMarch 24, 2020 9:00 am

Five more candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives filed their petitions, bringing the total officially running in the June 2 primary to 12. Former public school teacher Amy Kennedy is the first to file in a hotly-contested Democratic primary...

Flora faces accusation of sexism following social media post

March 4, 2020 1:58 pm

Congressional candidate John Flora faces an accusation of sexism following a Twitter post that claimed Hudson County Chairwoman Amy DeGise was a figurehead for her father, County Executive Tom DeGise. “This kind of sexist crap shouldn’t be tolerated from anyone,...

Hudson Dems pick slate without Torres

February 14, 2020 10:05 amFebruary 15, 2020 10:24 am

Hudson County Democrats are putting twelve of thirteen incumbents on their organization line in the June Democratic primary, but are not endorsing a candidate for president at this point. As first reported by the New Jersey Globe on February 7,...

Rutgers law professor challenging Payne raises $5,138

January 30, 2020 4:10 pm

Rutgers Law professor Eugene Mazo has raised $5,138 for his primary challenge to Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) in New Jersey’s 10th district. Mazo has $4,181 cash-on-hand. An election law expert, Mazo edited a book, “The Best Candidate: Presidential Nomination...

Payne has $83k banked for re-election bid

January 29, 2020 3:32 pm

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) raised $274,548 for his re-election bid in New Jersey’10th district last year and has $83,323 cash-on-hand. Payne reported raising $43,289 in the 4th quarter of last year. He spent $52,487 during the same time period...

Flora struggles after raising just $2k over last three months

January 17, 2020 10:36 am

John Flora, a Jersey City public school teacher challenging Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) in the 10th district Democratic primary, raised $2,172 in the 4th quarter of 2019 and has $8,280 cash-on-hand. Flora has raised $11,231 since entering the race...