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Montgomery elects first Sikh woman to head local GOP

January 28, 2022 9:22 am

Somerset County – and possibly the state – has elected the first Sikh woman to serve as a Republican municipal chair. Rosy Thakkar was elected on Thursday to lead the local Republican Party in Montgomery, a one-time GOP stronghold that...

Where New Jersey’s legislative races stand with nearly all votes counted

November 11, 2021 2:35 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:10 pm

Today marks nine days since last Tuesday’s tumultuous election, in which Jack Ciattarelli came uncomfortably close to upsetting Gov. Phil Murphy and Democrats faced unexpected legislative losses. Not every vote has been counted, nor has every result been determined –...

Zwicker claims victory in Senate race

November 3, 2021 5:48 pmDecember 17, 2021 3:10 pm

Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) has claimed victory in the 16th district State Senate race where an indeterminate number of votes remain uncounted. Zwicker currently leads Republican Michael Pappas, a former congressman, by 2,360 votes. Pappas had a 2,260-vote lead...

16th district Republicans fight to stanch the bleeding

October 27, 2021 12:01 amOctober 27, 2021 9:59 am

Republicans in the 16th legislative district have not had a good decade. The first blow came in 2011, when the state went through its post-Census redistricting cycle. The 16th district had long been a Somerset County-based district, and thus had...

Senate leadership email hints that Republicans expect to remain in minority

October 25, 2021 11:22 amJanuary 17, 2022 11:11 pm

New Jersey’s 2021 elections may still be a week away, but for many legislative Republicans, the focus is already on the leadership elections that will take place immediately afterwards to replace Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) and Assembly...

N.J. Right to Life endorses Pappas, sort of backs Ciattarelli

October 20, 2021 10:20 amOctober 20, 2021 12:56 pm

New Jersey Right to Life has recommended Jack Ciattarelli for governor and endorsed Michael Pappas for State Senate in the 16th district, their only endorsement of a legislative candidate in a competitive district. “NJRTL cannot endorse Ciattarelli because of his...

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...