Joseph Pennacchio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Pennacchio waiting to review hearing before deciding how he’ll vote on top court pick

August 24, 2020 5:49 pm

Senate Minority Whip Joseph Pennacchio has not yet ready to say if he will vote to confirm Fabiana Pierre-Louis to the New Jersey Supreme Court when the full Senate considers the nomination on Thursday. Pennacchio says he wants to hear...

Zimmer, former GOP congressman from N.J., to endorse Biden

August 24, 2020 11:07 am

Former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-Delaware Township), a former three-term Republican congressman and the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 and 2008, will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president today, the Biden campaign said. The Hunterdon County Republican is one...

Pennacchio endorses Pallotta for Congress

June 20, 2020 2:26 pmJune 20, 2020 8:17 pm

Senate Minority Whip Joseph Pennacchio (R-Montville) has endorsed Frank Pallotta for the GOP congressional nomination in New Jersey’s 5th district. Pennacchio, who represents part of the 5th district in the New Jersey Senate, is the co-chairman of President Donald Trump’s...

Pennacchio wants Neuwirth to testify at Senate hearing

May 29, 2020 12:04 pm

Senate Minority Whip Joseph Pennacchio (R-Montville) says that the firing of a top state Department of Health official who was responsible for emergency preparedness “paints a disturbing portrait of the Murphy Administration’s COVID performance.” Pennacchio wants Christopher Neuwirth, who was...

Democrats punch back at NJ GOP legislators

May 14, 2020 9:35 am

The Democratic State Committee is accusing some GOP legislators of making “unhinged” partisan attacks against Gov. Phil Murphy for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and say New Jersey Republicans are “hopelessly out of touch.” “New Jersey residents support Governor...

Pennacchio said Murphy should have included clergy on blue ribbon panel

May 2, 2020 2:44 pmMay 5, 2020 9:55 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy erred when he left a clergy representative off the Governor’s Restart and Recovery Commission, Senate Minority Whip Joseph Pennacchio (R-Montville) said today. The Morris County Republican called it a “glaring omission” as New Jersey plans for the...

For primary challengers to incumbent House members, history isn’t on their side

April 20, 2020 5:59 pm

It happens every two years, when candidates like John Caramanna, Dennis Speed and Jeanne Martines emerge as self-proclaimed contenders for the U.S. House of Representatives in primaries against incumbents. With eight of New Jersey’s twelve House incumbents facing challengers in...