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Dem Progressive Caucus endorses Currie

December 7, 2019 4:42 pmDecember 7, 2019 5:01 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee Progressive Caucus voted to endorse Democratic State Chairman John Currie for re-election at a meeting in Red Bank today. Currie defeated progressive activist Bertin Lefkovic by a 12-2 vote, with two votes in favor...

Progressive leader Bertin Lefkovic joins race for Democratic State Chairman

December 7, 2019 10:37 amDecember 7, 2019 6:21 pm

Bertin Lefkovic, a veteran New Jersey liberal activist, will announce his bid for Democratic State Chairman this afternoon at a meeting of the state party Progressive Caucus in Red Bank. An Our Revolution New Jersey board member with twenty years...

Monmouth Democratic State Committeeman asked to resign

December 5, 2019 12:05 pmDecember 5, 2019 3:48 pm

Monmouth County Democratic Chairman David Brown has called on State Committeeman Bill Robinson to resign following complaints from a former congressional candidate that party leaders failed to tell her that Robinson pleaded guilty to stalking several women in 1996. “His...

Cunningham not picking sides in state chair race

December 4, 2019 1:50 pmDecember 4, 2019 11:00 pm

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham isn’t making any endorsements in the contest for Democratic state chairman. “I have not supported anyone as of yet,” she said. Incumbent chairman John Currie faces a challenge from Essex County Chairman LeRoy Jones. While a...

Deleted Duane Morris post claims Murphy allies threatened Dems to get Currie support

December 3, 2019 12:05 amDecember 3, 2019 9:49 pm

A lobbying group owned by the law firm representing Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign alleged in a website post that allies of the governor threatened to withhold funds from Hunterdon County Democrats unless they support John Currie for re-election as state...

Huge overhead dominated Democratic state party spending

November 27, 2019 4:07 pmNovember 27, 2019 5:40 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee spent more than $1.2 million on overhead in the first 10 months of 2019, at least four times as much as it spent on races in the state, a New Jersey Globe examination of...

Democratic State Chairman, John Currie, faces a challenge from LeRoy Jones, Jr.

State Dems spent almost $15,000 on car services in 2019

November 26, 2019 5:40 pmNovember 27, 2019 12:22 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee has spent nearly $15,000 on car services since the start of the year. The bulk of the payments went to NY NJ Car Service LLC, a luxury chauffeur service based in Teterboro. The firm...