Josh Aikens Archives - New Jersey Globe

Spadea casts his lot in contested legislative primaries

May 16, 2023 3:49 pmMay 17, 2023 8:25 am

Bill Spadea, the right-wing radio host who is considered to be a near-certain Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2025, seems to be everywhere these days. Last month, he headlined the State Senate campaign kickoff of Gloucester County Commissioner Nick DeSilvio (R-Franklin)....

Loads of money all around in LD24 Assembly primary

May 16, 2023 12:57 pmMay 16, 2023 1:05 pm

The race for two open Assembly seats in the strongly Republican 24th legislative district has attracted a huge amount of campaign cash, with two slates of GOP candidates raising and spending tens of thousands of dollars. Winning the money game...

News briefs: the statehouse’s reopening, Aikens’ voter registration, Mastrangelo’s missing votes

May 1, 2023 5:28 pmMay 2, 2023 10:28 am

Statehouse officially, finally, truly reopens Gov. Phil Murphy and a cavalcade of elected officials officially marked the reopening of the New Jersey Statehouse today, six years after the project to overhaul the crumbling, centuries-old building began. “What we have now...

Assembly candidates race to the right at LD24 debate

April 27, 2023 11:58 pmApril 28, 2023 8:53 am

Who are the “true conservatives” running for two open State Assembly seats in the 24th district? According to each of the district’s two Republican slates, it’s themselves – and definitely not their opponents. That was the tenor of tonight’s New...

The primary election has begun

April 22, 2023 12:01 amApril 24, 2023 9:13 am

Good morning, New Jersey. It’s Election Day – sort of. The primary election isn’t until June 6, 45 days away. But today is the day that county clerks are obligated to begin sending out over 900,000 mail-in ballots to voters...

What’s at stake in New Jersey’s ballot draw

April 5, 2023 5:06 pmApril 6, 2023 2:24 pm

Tomorrow, New Jersey will celebrate its most obscure yet consequential holiday: ballot drawing day, when county clerks conduct lotteries to determine the layout of primary ballots. Every slate that includes a contingent of county commissioner candidates has the ability to...

Aikens, Sarnoski get GOP line in small Warren County portion of 24th district

April 4, 2023 1:00 pmApril 4, 2023 2:47 pm

Warren County Republicans have awarded their organizational line in the 24th district to Warren County Commissioner Jason Sarnoski (R-Independence) and Lafayette Board of Education President Josh Aikens, giving the two Assembly candidates a leg up in the two Warren County...