Linda Weber Archives - New Jersey Globe

Quiñones Perez can’t deliver Hunterdon votes in state chairman race

October 1, 2019 1:20 amOctober 1, 2019 11:33 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez, who single-handedly reignited the race for Democratic State Chairman by convening a secret meeting to consider an alternative to incumbent John Currie, may not control any votes in the race. Six sources with...

NOW-NJ seeks ouster of Troiano, Silva

July 5, 2019 9:14 am

The National Organization for Women (NOW-NJ) has called for the removal of Superior Court Judges James Troiano and Marcia Silva from the bench for mishandling unconnected allegations of teenage sexual assault. A state Appellate Court has overturned rulings by the...

Cory Booker fundraiser contributed to Kamala Harris

April 28, 2019 7:14 pmApril 29, 2019 12:17 pm

A Morristown Democrat who hosted a high-dollar fundraiser for Cory Booker at her home last month also wrote a big check to another presidential contender. Barbara Sellinger contributed $1,000 to Kamala Harris, according to a report filed with the Federal...

One Man, One Vote: the power of Hugh Sinclair

February 22, 2019 2:39 pmFebruary 22, 2019 8:02 pm

When Hugh Sinclair walked in to the Union County Democratic screening committee in March 2018, Tom Malinowski and Linda Weber each had six votes. Sinclair, the Democratic chairman in Garwood (pop. 4,255) and the lone uncommitted voter in the room, was...

Jois repays $100,000 personal campaign loan

July 16, 2018 11:25 amJuly 18, 2018 11:20 am

Goutam Jois’s now-defunct campaign has repaid a $100,000 personal loan that Jois made out-of-pocket. According to FEC filings, Jois’s loan accounted for a little more than a third of the total funds the candidate pulled in during his run for...

Jacob spent $118k to get 19% of vote

July 15, 2018 2:25 pm

Peter Jacob raised $125,969 to win 19% of the vote in the Democratic primary for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district. He has $7,577 left in his campaign account, and a debt of $10,000. In 2016, Jacob won 43% of...

Malinowski raises more than $1 million

April 14, 2018 2:58 pmApril 16, 2018 10:57 am

Democrat Tom Malinowski raised $479,211 during the first quarter of 2018, bringing him to a total of $1,007,682 in his campaign to unseat Republican Rep. Leonard Lance. A former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State in the Obama administration, Malinowski has...