Matt Rooney Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sawyer pitches herself as an effective legislator at Durr-less ‘debate’

May 1, 2023 12:44 pmMay 2, 2023 11:06 am

State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan) and Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer (R-Woolwich) may never meet for a head-to-head debate before the June 6 Republican primary, but Sawyer still worked to outline the differences between herself and the truck-driving state senator on the...

Healey, Smith will debate on May 4

May 2, 2022 10:00 amMay 2, 2022 11:51 am

Bob Healey and Ian Smith, candidates for the Republican nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 3rd district, will face off in a debate at 8 PM on Wednesday, May 4 sponsored by the New Jersey Globe...

What might a first-in-the-nation New Jersey presidential primary look like?

March 16, 2022 5:15 pm

The year is 2024. Ron DeSantis orders a “breakfast sandwich with pork roll” in Mahwah, and his poll numbers in North Jersey immediately drop by 10 points. The driver of Nikki Haley’s campaign bus gets in a screaming match with...

November 13, 2021: Teresa Ruiz, Ed Dur, David Wasserman, Matt Rooney, John Henry Isemann and Joey Fox

November 13, 2021 6:24 pmNovember 13, 2021 10:16 pm

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark), State Sen.-elect Edward Durr (R-Logan), Cook Political Report House Race Editor David Wasserman, Save Jersey editor Matt Rooney, and 7th district GOP congressional candidate John Henry Isemann, and New Jersey Globe political reporter...

Ruiz, Durr, Wasserman, Rooney and Isemann will join Wildstein on NJ Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

November 13, 2021 12:01 amNovember 19, 2021 6:24 pm

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark), State Sen.-elect Edward Durr (R-Logan), Cook Political Report House Race Editor David Wasserman, Save Jersey editor Matt Rooney, and 7th district GOP congressional candidate John Henry Isemann will join host David Wildstein to...

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...