Matt Rooney Archives - New Jersey Globe

Pappas, fighting Covid, cancels debate with Zwicker on Sunday

October 8, 2021 5:20 pmOctober 10, 2021 3:15 pm

GOP State Senate candidate Michael Pappas is battling Covid and won’t be able to take part in a debate set for Sunday night with Democrat Andrew Zwicker. “The past few days my wife and I have been quite ill,” Pappas...

After the GOP gubernatorial debate, join Rooney, Avelenda and Wildstein for a post-debate analysis

May 25, 2021 1:17 pmMay 25, 2021 7:03 pm

After tonight’s Republican gubernatorial debate between Jack Ciattarelli and Hirsh Singh on New Jersey 101.5, the New Jersey Globe will discuss the performances of both candidates in a post-debate forum. Matt Rooney, the editor of Save Jersey, a Republican news...

NJ-3 GOP candidates agree to debate

June 9, 2020 9:18 amJune 9, 2020 2:46 pm

The two Republican candidates in the fiercely contested 3rd district congressional primary have agreed to debate remotely on June 16. Kate Gibbs and David Richter will face each other in an hour-ling debate moderated by Save Jersey founder Matt Rooney...

Gibbs, Richter spar over debate ducking charges

May 29, 2020 12:57 pm

Kate Gibbs has accused David Richter of ducking a debate in New Jersey’s 3rd district GOP congressional primary, but the organizer of the debate still hopes the two will work out details before the July 7 primary election. “Unfortunately, it...

Hirsh Singh will challenge Cory Booker for U.S. Senate

April 24, 2019 4:28 pmApril 25, 2019 1:34 pm

Hirsh Singh will seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2020 against incumbent Cory Booker. “Booker has brought nothing to New Jersey,” Singh told the New Jersey Globe. Singh says he is skipping the exploratory phase and filed his...

Booker still a 2020 U.S. Senate candidate

February 1, 2019 6:59 amFebruary 1, 2019 3:01 am

Cory Booker remains a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020. The New Jersey approved a new law last October that would allow Booker to run for president while simultaneously seeking to keep his Senate seat. Booker...

Some Republicans warm to Rooney for U.S. Senate

January 24, 2019 5:07 pm

New Jersey Republicans like the idea of Matt Rooney running for the United States Senate. The founder of Save Jersey, a conservative blog that boasts a large following among Republican activists in the state, Rooney has built a name for...