Jon Bramnick Archives - New Jersey Globe

GOP incumbents box out possible challengers for ’21 Morris County Commissioner race

December 4, 2020 1:47 pm

Morris County Republicans Deborah Smith, John Krickus and Stephen Shaw, who ran as a team in 2018, announced their re-election bids for what will be the first election for County Commissioner, rolling out a long list of endorsements in what...

Somerset goes big for Ciattarelli

December 1, 2020 3:46 pmDecember 1, 2020 5:27 pm

Somerset County is all in for favorite son Jack Ciattarelli, who picked up endorsements today from 87 Republican officials for his bid to become the GOP nominee for Governor of New Jersey next year. Ciattarelli was endorsed on Tuesday by...

Will New Jersey see a Kean vs. Malinowski rematch, and other redistricting issues

November 18, 2020 10:32 amNovember 19, 2020 1:22 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) will begin his second term in the House as New Jersey’s most vulnerable Democrat after winning a second term against Republican Tom Kean, Jr. by just a little more than one percent in New Jersey’s second...

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...

Potential Murphy rivals slam MVC for putting prisoners ahead of other NJ residents

October 26, 2020 9:49 pmOctober 27, 2020 1:42 pm

A decision by the state Motor Vehicles Commission to send a mobile unit to expedite the issuance of non-driver identification cards to soon-to-be-released prisoners while some New Jerseyans face long lines to renew the driver licenses and vehicle registration triggered...