Michael Testa Archives - New Jersey Globe

Testa’s 2027 race is about more than re-election

July 1, 2026 4:19 pm

Republicans will field the same ticket in the 1st Legislative District in 2027, but the campaign carries higher stakes for Sen. Michael Testa (R-Vineland) than simply winning re-election. The race will offer one of the clearest early measures of his...

Testa ready to help Murphy take on Booker

June 12, 2026 2:43 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa (R-Vineland) indicated Thursday that he has no hesitation in supporting Republican U.S. Senate nominee Justin Murphy, despite backing a different candidate in the June primary. Murphy, a former deputy mayor of Tabernacle, captured the Republican nomination...

South Jersey leaders promise to fight casinos outside Atlantic City in biting letter

March 27, 2026 4:06 pm

Growing buzz around the potential of casinos outside of Atlantic City has put South Jersey leaders on alert, and on Friday, they signed a strong letter promising to put the kibosh on the idea. In a bipartisan letter to Gov....

Package of ICE and immigration bills go to Sherrill’s desk

March 23, 2026 5:03 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s desk now holds three bills meant to stifle the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration operations after both chambers of the state Legislature passed the package over the raucous objections of legislative Republicans. One bill would bar law enforcement...

Testa passes on U.S. Senate bid against Booker

February 12, 2026 1:51 pmFebruary 12, 2026 1:55 pm

Senate Minority Whip Michael Testa (R-Vineland) has ruled out a run for U.S. Senate against Democrat Cory Booker this year, leaving the Republican field wide open. “I am no longer considering it,” Testa told the New Jersey Globe. “I want...

The GOP’s big 2026 question: who will run against Cory Booker?

December 16, 2025 3:57 pm

In less than eleven months, someone will appear on every New Jersey voter’s ballot as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate against Cory Booker. Who will that person be? Republicans have no idea. With the filing deadline just a few...

McClellan, Simonsen win in LD1

November 4, 2025 11:24 pm

Assemblymen Antwan McClellan (R-Ocean City) and Erik Simonsen (R-Lower) have won re-election in the 1st legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, holding onto a red-leaning district in far South Jersey that not too long ago was a Democratic bastion....