Kevin Kuchinski Archives - New Jersey Globe

How Verrelli won

July 31, 2018 10:20 amAugust 1, 2018 9:47 am

Anthony Verrelli won a seat in the State Assembly by just five votes in a second ballot win over Jeffrey Laurenti, according to an internal tally obtained by the New Jersey Globe and verified by a Mercer County Democrat. Democrats...

Murphy missed opportunity in 15th

July 30, 2018 11:17 amAugust 2, 2018 12:16 pm

The unexpectedly close race for Reed Gusciora’s open 15th district Assembly seat represents a missed opportunity for Gov. Phil Murphy, since the losing candidate campaigned as an openly pro-Murphy candidate. Anthony Verrelli won by a margin that was reportedly between...

Verrelli wins LD15 seat

July 26, 2018 8:15 pmAugust 6, 2018 5:53 pm

Mercer County Freeholder Anthony Verrelli was elected to fill the Assembly seat left vacant when Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora was sworn into his current post, winning in the runoff by five votes. “I feel good,” Verrelli said shortly after his...

Murphy won’t endorse first pro-Murphy assembly candidate

July 20, 2018 12:21 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:41 pm

Though Jeff Laurenti is running for Reed Gusciora’s Assembly seat to give the governor an ally in the legislature, Murphy on Friday declined to endorse him – or any of the other candidates seeking the seat. “We haven’t weighed in...

Laurenti seeking Gusciora seat as Murphy ally

July 19, 2018 12:47 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:40 pm

Though a former post saw him directing the state’s Democratic Senators, Jeffrey Laurenti is running for the Assembly seat left vacant by Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora by framing himself as a close ally of Gov. Phil Murphy. “I have been...