Kevin McCabe Archives - New Jersey Globe

Joe Kennedy will boost cousin’s House bid

May 19, 2020 11:44 am

Amy Kennedy will get some help from her famous political family tonight when Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Massachusetts) appears on her Facebook Live series tonight to talk about COVID-19 and mental health issues. Kennedy’s has developed her “Connecting South...

Cortes becomes first Latina on North Brunswick council

April 18, 2020 4:28 pmApril 18, 2020 5:00 pm

Claribel Cortes has become the first Latina to serve on the North Brunswick Township Council after being appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of veteran Councilman Robert Corbin on March 15. Cortes, a school board member, was...

County chairs not concerned about Sanders staying on ballot after dropping presidential bid

April 9, 2020 6:05 pmApril 9, 2020 7:35 pm

New Jersey’s Democratic county chairs aren’t criticizing U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for staying on the ballot after dropping out of the presidential race, though they urged unity amid the functional end of the race for the party nod to...

Barlas to lead GOP legislative redistricting; names emerge for Democratic seats

April 2, 2020 9:00 amApril 2, 2020 7:48 pm

GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt has tapped Al Barlas to serve as the Republican chairman for legislative redistricting. Steinhardt named Barlas as one of five Republican commissioners on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission that will draw new Senate and Assembly districts...

Democrats say postponing county committee elections is recommendation, not a mandate

March 20, 2020 3:38 pmMarch 20, 2020 5:02 pm

Democratic State Chairman John Currie said he doesn’t expect the primary date to be postponed, but acknowledged the prospect that the June 2 election would be conducted entire by mail. “I think it would have to be something really dramatic...

Middlesex Democrats go for Biden

March 18, 2020 7:32 pmMarch 19, 2020 12:05 am

Middlesex County Democrats have endorsed Joe Biden for president. That gives Biden the organization line in the county with the third-largest number of Democrats in the state. The former vice president is now 7-0 in Democratic conventions. Middlesex delivered a...

No plans to reschedule, change Bergen GOP convention, Zisa says

March 11, 2020 4:31 pm

Bergen County Republicans have not yet weighed changes to their county convention in response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the county, BCRO Chairman Jack Zisa said. “We haven’t considered that,” Zisa said. We’re still waiting for some...