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The year the Assembly had three party switchers

October 19, 2019 4:32 pmOctober 19, 2019 4:35 pm

After Assemblywoman Arline Friscia decided to switch parties and seek re-election as a Republican in August 2003, then-Assembly Speaker Albio Sires removed her as Assembly Labor Committee Chair and replaced her with Joseph Egan, a freshman Democrat from New Brunswick....

Quinn attacks Somerset GOP following primary loss

September 6, 2019 10:03 amSeptember 6, 2019 10:48 am

Robert Quinn turned on his own party following an off-the-line primary loss against Somerset County Freeholder Pat Walsh. “There is an element of this party that does not want minorities and the evidence is the lack of elected officials and...

Incumbents in LD22, 17 alone in filing ELEC reports

May 31, 2019 12:30 pmMay 31, 2019 6:32 pm

Incumbents in the 22nd and 17th districts are the only ones there to have filed their 11-day pre-primary reports with the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Assemblyman Joseph Egan reported raising $395,305.53 over the duration of the race and finished the...

Assembly challenger backs Murphy EDA task force

May 9, 2019 9:36 amMay 9, 2019 11:33 am

A progressive challenging two incumbents in the Democratic primary for State Assembly says he supports the work of Gov. Phil Murphy’s task force investigating tax credits offered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. “In an act that can only...

Badovinac, Concepcion-Powell running in deep-blue 17th

April 1, 2019 2:51 pmApril 2, 2019 12:14 pm

Patricia Badovinac and Maria Concepcion-Powell filed petitions to challenge Assemblymen Joseph Egan and Joe Danielsen Monday. Powell ran for president of Mexico in 2018, one of 40 independent candidates in the race. The National Electoral Institute, which runs elections in...

Pat Walsh draws primary challenge in Somerset

March 28, 2019 9:55 pmMarch 29, 2019 8:48 pm

Robert Quinn will challenge four-term Somerset County freeholder Patricia Walsh in the June Republican primary. Quinn will run on a line with Tim Pino, who is taking on organization candidate Bill Parenti in the GOP sheriff primary. “I desire to...

Rivers running off the line in 17th

March 28, 2019 1:43 pmMarch 28, 2019 3:45 pm

Assemblymen Joseph Egan (D-New Brunswick) and Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin) won’t get the party nomination for free this year. The two incumbents are being challenged by Ron Rivers, a small businessman who is running off the line in an effort to...