LeRoy Jones Archives - New Jersey Globe

NOW-NJ complains that another white guy picked as legislative redistricting tiebreaker

October 8, 2021 4:16 pm

Women will need to wait until at least 2031 to break any glass ceilings on redistricting tiebreakers after the selections of former Superior Court Judge Philip C. Carchman for the Legislative Apportionment Commission. Men are now 10-0 in becoming the...

Sacco and Murphy are back together as North Bergen fundraiser draws 2,000 people

October 8, 2021 1:09 amOctober 8, 2021 1:30 pm

Over 2,000 people showed up at Nicholas Sacco’s fundraiser on Thursday evening, numbers that were not at all unusual for the longtime state senator and North Bergen mayor. But the impactful news of the night was the attendance of Gov....

Top Democrat told Graham to stop using their super PAC in Parsippany, but he was turned down

September 23, 2021 4:45 pmSeptember 23, 2021 5:07 pm

In a move that may be more about landing a lucrative public insurance contract than about political ideology, a Washington-based super PAC with close ties to a prominent New Jersey Democrat has started spending money to help a Republican win...

Avelino Avelenda, father of NJ Democratic leader, dies at 86

September 9, 2021 12:08 pmSeptember 9, 2021 11:26 pm

Avelino E. Avelenda, the father of New jersey Democratic State Committee Executive Director Saily Avelenda, died on September 7. He was 86. Avelenda was born in Cuba and was a longtime resident of Union City. “I know from working alongside...

Way tells redistricting commissions that adjusted census numbers will take 7 days

August 9, 2021 11:00 am

Municipal population numbers will be adjusted to reflect a new law that requires incarcerated individuals to be reallocated to their original hometown for the purpose of legislative redistricting within seven days of the U.S. Census Bureau transmitting data, New Jersey...

Rabner gives legislative redistricting commission one month to submit possible tiebreaker candidates

July 9, 2021 9:33 amJuly 27, 2021 2:53 pm

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner has asked Democrats and Republicans to submit a list of candidates to serve as the eleventh member of the New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission by August 10. That puts the selection process for legislative and congressional...

June 26, 2021: Governor Phil Murphy and Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones

June 26, 2021 10:00 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr. joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, June 26. In a state that has a million more Democrats than...