Matt Friedman Archives - New Jersey Globe

A brief electoral history of Steve Fulop

April 14, 2023 11:24 am

And so it begins. Earlier this week, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey in 2025. He’s not the first to say he’s running – that distinction belongs to...

2016 Paterson City Council candidate hit with $32k fine for campaign finance violations

March 15, 2023 11:43 am

Wendy Guzman, the runner-up in a 2016 race for the Paterson City Council, was hit with a huge $31,610 fine today by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) for campaign finance violations. According to ELEC’s report, Guzman failed...

Reports: New federal investigation into Menendez underway

October 26, 2022 3:42 pm

As first reported by Semafor and later corroborated by NBC News and Politico New Jersey, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is once again facing a federal investigation, five years after a jury deadlocked on corruption charges in an earlier case. According...

Murphy expresses ‘relief’ over beginning of legal weed sales

April 18, 2022 4:05 pmApril 29, 2022 12:37 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy, a proponent of legal marijuana since his first election in 2017, said today that he was excited for the state to begin legal recreational marijuana sales this Thursday after the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted to approve...

Judge dismisses Norcross lawsuit against Murphy

July 31, 2019 6:51 pmAugust 1, 2019 10:56 am

George Norcross’ lawsuit against Gov. Phil Murphy alleging that a task force investigating New Jersey’s tax incentive programs was illegally constituted was dismissed today by a Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson, the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported. Jacobson had denied a...

Operator refuses unscreened questions on call with Norcross attorneys, reporter claims

May 21, 2019 6:54 pmMay 22, 2019 11:10 am

Operators on a conference call with attorneys representing South Jersey Democratic leader George Norcross in his lawsuit against Gov. Phil Murphy refused to take unscreened reporter questions, Politico New Jersey’s Matt Friedman said. “On conference call with Norcross lawyers, I...

Carroll bill would declare party-switcher seats vacant

March 13, 2019 1:22 pm

Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris Township) has introduced legislation that would declare a public office vacant when the officeholder switches parties. POLITICO’s Matt Friedman dubbed it the “Dawn Addiego Act of 2019.” Addiego would have been forced to leave the...