John Wisniewski Archives - New Jersey Globe

Kate Delany elected Collingswood Dem chair

June 11, 2019 8:15 pmJune 11, 2019 8:23 pm

Collingswood Democrats elected Kate Delany as the new municipal chair at their reorganization meeting Monday night, nearly a week after a group of progressive Democrats swept sixteen seats in an off-the-line race for county committee. The Democrats of Camden County...

Renny Travisano, former Middlesex county clerk, dies at 82

June 9, 2019 1:53 pmJune 9, 2019 9:07 pm

Raniero Travisano, a popular Sayreville Democrat who served one term as Middlesex County Clerk before losing in the 1990 anti-Florio protest election, died on June 8. He was 82. Travisano was a junior high school teacher and guidance counselor when...

Sayreville mayor won’t seek re-election

March 21, 2019 11:47 amMarch 27, 2019 9:58 am

Republican Sayreville Mayor Kennedy O’Brien will not seek re-election after 23 years in local office, giving Democrats a chance to win their first mayoral election in one of the state’s premier blue collar swing towns. The Courier-News was the first...

Hamm, Campos Medina, Brendel to organize NJ Sanders campaign

March 18, 2019 11:03 pmMarch 19, 2019 11:12 am

Four years ago, when the New Jersey Democratic establishment largely lined up behind Hillary Clinton for president, Bernie Sanders still drew a prime campaign chairman: John Wisniewski, a longtime assemblyman and former state party chairman. This time, three top-flight progressive...

Sanders’ New Jersey chairman still undecided

February 4, 2019 7:05 pmFebruary 5, 2019 8:01 am

Former Democratic State Chairman John Wisniewski, who served as chairman of Bernie Sanders’ New Jersey campaign in 2016, isn’t ready to pick a candidate to take on Donald Trump next year. “Haven’t made a decision yet,” Wisniewski said when asked...

Progressive activists look for seats on redistricting commission

December 17, 2018 3:18 pmJanuary 4, 2019 10:26 am

Now that Senate and Assembly leaders have backed off their plans for a constitutional amendment to change the way legislative districts are drawn, Gov. Phil Murphy will need to decide if he wants to give grassroots progressive organizations seats at...

Some Dems still angry with Currie

August 9, 2018 3:15 amAugust 9, 2018 3:20 pm

Six weeks after the state budget battle ended, some party leaders remain angered by a perception that Democratic State Chairman John Currie sided with Gov. Phil Murphy and used the state party apparatus to attack Democratic lawmakers. But the issue...