Lauren Albrecht Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ciattarelli faces fire after promising to roll back LGBT curricula

July 14, 2021 10:04 amJuly 14, 2021 11:25 am

Republican Gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli is facing fire over comments promising to rescind a law requiring schools to include LGBT issues in the curricula made during a campaign stop at a gun range last month. “You won’t have to deal...

Anderson is top vote-getter as Monmouth Democrats oust two incumbents for state committee posts

March 21, 2021 11:38 amMarch 21, 2021 12:24 pm

Two incumbent Democratic State Committee members were defeated for re-election today in Monmouth County, where Democrats established a rare open process that allowed all convention delegates to pick the county’s eight state party members. Incumbent Matthew Anderson was the top...

Democratic LGBTQ Caucus seeks Vaughn ouster

May 4, 2020 11:44 am

The New Jersey Democratic LGBTQ Caucus is seeking the resignation of Trenton Councilwoman Robin Vaughn after a vicious homophobic rant during a COVID-19 briefing over the weekend. “Disagree with a person’s policies, fine. But to use such hateful language should...

State Dem LGBTQ caucus calls on Bhalla, slate to condemn blog post

September 30, 2019 3:50 pmOctober 1, 2019 12:14 pm

The State Democratic LGBTQ caucus called on Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, Migdalia Pagan-Milano and the rest of the mayor’s council candidates to denounce a blog post attacking Councilman Mike DeFusco, calling the post an attack on the councilman’s sexuality. “The...

Albrecht named Dem LGBT caucus chair

January 11, 2019 1:09 pm

Democratic State Chairman John Currie has named Lauren Albrecht, a state committeewoman from Monmouth County, as chair of the party’s LGBT caucus. Albrecht has a vote in the race for state chairman, where Currie is facing a re-election challenge from...