John Wisniewski Archives

The O’Toole Chronicles: My Experiences from Legislative Redistricting

October 13, 2020 12:01 amOctober 12, 2020 9:16 pm

As I filled out my vote-by-mail ballot this year and got to Ballot Question #3, it brought back a flood of memories related to Legislative Redistricting – both as a member of the Legislature deeply affected in 2001 and as...

Biden picks his New Jersey delegates

March 20, 2020 3:37 amMarch 26, 2020 4:55 pm

Joe Biden is close to finalizing his slate of delegates to the Democratic National Convention for the June 2 New Jersey primary, according to a list obtained by the New Jersey Globe. Former Gov. Richard J. Codey will run for...

Princeton Democrats vote for Warren, followed by Klobuchar, Bloomberg

February 17, 2020 7:59 pm

Elizabeth Warren won a Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) straw poll on Sunday evening, beating out Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg in a vote that utilizing ranked choices to pick a winner. Democrats in one of New Jersey’s marquis progressive...

Arline Friscia, former Middlesex assemblywoman, dies at 84

October 18, 2019 11:52 amOctober 19, 2019 11:31 am

Arline M. Friscia, who served eight years as a New Jersey assemblywoman where she sponsored a law top expand the state’s family leave law, died on Wednesday. She was 84. In 1995, Friscia unseated Republican incumbents who had captured Middlesex...

Currie hasn’t ruled out making redistricting appointments before state chair election

October 14, 2019 8:18 pmOctober 16, 2019 2:02 pm

Democratic State Chairman John Currie hasn’t ruled out appointing his half of the redistricting commission before a race for the Democratic state chairmanship that’s expected to take place in December. “I haven’t made any decision on that,” Currie said. “I...

Donald Wernik, former Middlesex freeholder, Metuchen mayor, dies at 94

August 31, 2019 4:57 pmSeptember 1, 2019 5:50 pm

Donald J. Wernik, an All-State football star at Metuchen High School and World War II veteran who became a pharmacist, mayor of Metuchen and three-term Middlesex County Freeholder, died on Friday. He was 94. Wernik began in politics in an...

Murphy hopes to speak at Christie public policy institute

August 19, 2019 3:16 pm

Though he frequently uses his predecessor as a political punching bag, Gov. Phil Murphy had nothing negative to say about former Gov Chris Christie opening a public policy center focused on civility in politics. “I wish him nothing but the...