Joseph Egan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Initial legislative map proposals leave some incumbents behind

February 8, 2022 5:22 pmFebruary 8, 2022 7:14 pm

Whenever a new political redistricting process begins, one of the most frustrating things to account for is where incumbent legislators already live. Those tasked with redistricting want to draw as logical a map as possible, but they also frequently have...

Who were the holdouts on the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act?

January 18, 2022 6:00 amJanuary 17, 2022 11:15 pm

When the New Jersey legislature passed the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act last week, codifying abortion into state law, it did so largely on partisan lines: Democrats were eager to support the bill while Republicans lined up against it. But...

Smith, Danielsen, Egan win in the 17th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 3:13 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway), Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin), and Assemblyman Joseph Egan (D-New Brunswick) have won re-election to the 17th legislative district. They beat attorney James Abate, Rutgers ESL instructor Catherine Barrier,...

IBEW group endorses Murphy

October 22, 2021 11:06 amOctober 22, 2021 12:00 pm

The New Jersey State Electrical Workers Association Construction division of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for a second term. “Phil Murphy has been a strong advocate for the building trades and the IBEW and...

34 candidates, including incumbents, failed to file financial disclosures with ELEC

June 15, 2021 10:26 amJune 20, 2021 10:15 pm

State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon told the New Jersey Globe he filed his disclosure after this story was published. The missed deadline, he said, was the result of confusion related to similar but separate disclosures sitting legislators file with the Office...

Blanquita Valenti, trailblazing Middlesex freeholder, dies at 87

March 10, 2021 7:12 amMarch 10, 2021 11:01 pm

Blanquita Bird Valenti, a popular vote-getter who spent 15 years as a Middlesex County freeholder and 20 years as a New Brunswick city councilwoman, died on Tuesday evening. She was 87. Valenti became the first Latina to win a countywide...

Murphy to name Egan, Zubair to Rutgers Board of Governors, replacing two incumbents

December 10, 2020 10:00 amDecember 11, 2020 10:28 am

Gov. Phil Murphy is replacing the only Latino member of the Rutgers University Board of Governors, as well as a key ally to Democratic powerbroker George Norcross, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Murphy will name Kevin Egan, a New...