Lisa McCormick Archives - New Jersey Globe

Linden considering Jim Devine for local PR contract

June 18, 2019 6:00 pm

The Linden City Council will vote tonight on Mayor Derek Armstead’s proposal to award a public relations contract to a company run by controversial political consultant Jim Devine and his life partner, perennial candidate Lisa McCormick, according to the council...

LaCorte blows past McCormick in Union Surrogate primary

June 5, 2019 2:17 am

Union County Surrogate James S. LaCorte won a landslide victory for renomination to a fifth term in the Democratic primary, defeating perennial candidate Lisa McCormick by a 65%-35% margin. LaCorte won by 4,302 votes and was the top vote-getter in...

Is Samuel L. Jackson coming to Linden? Scutari is skeptical

June 4, 2019 5:54 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari says that the Attorney General’s office will investigate an e-mail invitation claiming that actor Samuel L. Jackson will be in Linden tonight as part of an election night celebration for Mayor Derek Armstead. “An email went...

Scutari blasts Devine for anti-Semitic e-mail

May 29, 2019 5:10 pmMay 29, 2019 5:51 pm

Political consultant Jim Devine is facing fire over an e-mail headed with an ethnic slur. Devine sent an email with the subject “Do Column A pay kikes make Daniel angry?” to former Union County Freeholder Daniel Sullivan in an attempt...

300 county committee seats contested in Union Dem fight

April 2, 2019 12:28 amApril 3, 2019 12:04 pm

About 300 county committee seats are being contested in Union County, where State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) is seeking re-election to a second term as Democratic county chairman in June. Linden, Union, Plainfield, Roselle, Rahway, Clark, Cranford and Fanwood face...

Three Union Dem freeholder slates file to anchor local fights

April 1, 2019 5:00 pmApril 1, 2019 5:47 pm

Three full slates of freeholder candidates filed for the Democratic primary in Union County, anchoring several challenges for county committee seats. Incumbents Bette Jane Kowalski, Sergio Granados and Rebecca Williams will run on the Union County Democratic organization slate backed...

Sabrin releases full internal poll

August 23, 2018 1:31 pmAugust 23, 2018 7:49 pm

An internal poll released in its entirety by Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Murray Sabrin on Monday showed U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez leading Bob Hugin 40%-30%, with Sabrin, the only third-party candidate included in the poll, pulling in 7%. It’s likely...