Joseph Doria Archives - New Jersey Globe

The story of a N.J. Assembly Democratic feud and the ‘seven southern castaways’

January 31, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 31, 2022 12:04 pm

The decision of Democrats to dump Steve Sweeney, the former Senate President, from his seat on the Legislative Apportionment Commission, has led to speculation – so far unfounded, that South Jersey will retaliate through diminished cooperation with the Gov. Phil...

The bar is set low for this new assemblyman from Bayonne

January 11, 2022 12:02 amJanuary 11, 2022 10:37 am

If William B. Sampson IV can find Trenton by noon on Tuesday, he will already have exceeded expectations. Not since Patrick Pasculli (D-Bayonne) graced the halls of the statehouse in the late 1970s and sponsored a bill on his first...

In Memoriam

August 20, 2021 10:09 amDecember 13, 2021 1:24 pm

Gerald Fitzpatrick, the son of legendary former Bayonne Mayor Francis G. Fitzpatrick, died on August 18. He was 75. Fitzpatrick sought the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in the 31st district in 1981, losing by just 383 votes against Joseph...

Move to dump Chiaravalloti could help progressives end organization lines

March 4, 2021 12:01 amMarch 4, 2021 10:17 am

A move to deny party support to an incumbent legislator seeking re-election in Hudson County could have consequences for party leaders across the state who face a legal challenge to the constitutionality of organization lines. A coalition of progressive groups...

Elba Perez-Cinciarelli, former assemblywoman, dies at 76

July 4, 2020 12:32 am

Former Assemblywoman Elba Perez-Cinciarelli (D-Jersey City), the first Latina to represent Hudson County in the New Jersey Legislature and an early supporter of same-sex marriage, died on Friday. She was 76. Hudson County Democrats picked Perez-Cinciarelli, a Jersey City Education...

Michelle Sobolewski, veteran legislative staffer, dies

April 8, 2018 10:30 pmApril 8, 2018 11:32 pm

Michelle Sobolewski, a veteran of New Jersey politics since the 1970’s years, passed away on April 4 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 62. Friends say she was a fighter until the end. Sobolewski started her career working...

Once allies, Stack and Sires at opposite sides of warette

March 31, 2018 10:40 pmApril 2, 2018 8:56 am

When Brian Stack was a 25-year-old political operative in 1991, he managed Albio Sires’ campaign for Mayor of West New York against five-term incumbent Anthony DeFino. Sires was a political outsider in those days – he lost races for Congress...