With the election of State Sen. Renee Burgess (D-Irvington) last year, the number of women in the New Jersey Legislature reached an all-time high-water mark, with 42 women – more than one-third of the legislature’s 120 members – serving concurrently....
Incumbents are retiring. Challengers are emerging. County conventions are approaching. The 2023 legislative elections are upon us. Of course, voters won’t go to the general election polls for another nine months, but that doesn’t mean parties and candidates aren’t fully...
State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) has built up a big warchest in the 11th district, far outstripping his district’s two Republican assemblymembers ahead of what will likely be one of New Jersey’s most competitive legislative elections this year. Gopal...
Just over a year after they unexpectedly lost two Assembly seats in the 11th legislative district, Monmouth County Democrats are eager to try and take them back, with five candidates running for the two seats – among them one of...
When Assemblywomen Marilyn Piperno (R-Colts Neck) and Kim Eulner (R-Shrewsbury) unseated two Democratic incumbents last year in the Monmouth County-based 11th legislative district, it was one of the most surprising election results anywhere in the state. It also put both...
After a stellar 2021 that saw the party net seven seats in the state legislature, New Jersey Republicans have spent the last year hyping up their chances in 2023, when they hope to further erode the Democratic majority on the...
With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow states around the country to ban or severely restrict abortion, the New Jersey Legislature passed two bills today that safeguard the state’s abortion providers and out-of-state patients from other states’ laws. The...