Loretta Rivers Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bob Smith will make decision on re-election to Senate by Thanksgiving

June 12, 2026 10:53 amJune 12, 2026 3:30 pm

Veteran State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) hasn’t decided if he’ll seek re-election to his 17th district Senate seat next year, but he promised a final decision by Thanksgiving. There has been speculation in recent months that Smith, the 79-year-old chairman...

Rivers mulling rematch with Danielsen in 17th district

May 21, 2026 3:42 pm

Loretta Rivers, a Piscataway school board member who came within 463 votes of ousting an incumbent assemblyman in the Democratic primary last year, is strongly considering a rematch in 2027. Rivers nearly beat Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin) in 2025, 10,564 to...

Egan, Danielsen win in LD17 after primary scare

November 4, 2025 10:43 pm

Assemblymen Kevin Egan (D-New Brunswick) and Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin) have won re-election in the 17th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, an unsurprising win after dodging disaster in the June primary. The Democratic incumbents defeated Republicans Susan Hucko and...

Rivers: I ran to serve and my race has just begun

July 14, 2025 12:10 pmJuly 14, 2025 12:14 pm

OPINION It has been little over a month and I am still in awe how close I came to serving the people. I didn’t enter the race for the State Assembly to chase a title I entered to serve the...

Mapping three close calls for Assembly incumbents

July 11, 2025 6:30 amJuly 11, 2025 5:18 pm

This year’s set of Assembly primaries was among the most anticipated in decades, with many progressives and anti-establishment figures hoping to knock out party-backed incumbents in the first primary without a party-line ballot system. The energy came in large part...

Eighteen takeaways on the 2025 primary and where New Jersey goes from here

June 13, 2025 5:42 pmJune 14, 2025 10:59 pm

The votes are in, the primaries are decided: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) and former Assemblyman Jack Ciatatrelli (R-Somerville) will be headed to this November’s general election for governor. Their victories followed a primary unlike any other in state history –...

It’s Jack versus Mikie, as voters deliver resounding victories for N.J. gov frontrunners

June 11, 2025 3:28 am

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) entered tonight’s primaries for New Jersey governor as frontrunners. They left them as winners. Both Sherrill, a congresswoman since 2019, and Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman and the GOP’s nominee for...