Michael Torrissi Archives - New Jersey Globe

Meet the New Jersey State Assembly Class of 2025

January 13, 2026 11:06 amJanuary 17, 2026 1:27 pm

Twelve new Democrats will join the New Jersey General Assembly at noon today. After ousting five incumbent Republicans in the November general election, Democrats today expand their majority to 57-23, their largest caucus since the 1973 Watergate landslide. Craig Coughlin...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Mapping Assembly Democrats’ dominant night

November 14, 2025 4:59 pmNovember 17, 2025 8:38 am

Assembly Democrats went into Election Day just hoping to play solid defense. On a solid night, they would’ve held all their Assembly seats. On a great night, Democrats would’ve picked up two or three. They ended up nabbing five. Now,...

Democrats win LD8’s four-way rematch, flip one seat

November 4, 2025 10:48 pm

In a big win for South Jersey Democrats, Assemblywoman Andrea Katz (D-Chesterfield) and Hammonton Education Association President Anthony Angelozzi defeated their GOP opponents in the 8th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 10:43 p.m., Katz and Angelozzi...

National organization of state troopers backs all incumbent legislators, will stay out of N.J. governor’s race

October 9, 2025 12:56 amOctober 9, 2025 12:57 pm

The National Troopers Coalition will remain neutral in the New Jersey governor’s race and has endorsed every incumbent in contests for the State Assembly. In the two split districts, the organization representing over 43,000 state troopers from 47 groups nationwide...

In tight South Jersey Assembly race, the rematch is on

October 5, 2025 11:01 amOctober 4, 2025 3:31 pm

As November’s General Assembly elections approach, the New Jersey Globe will highlight several of the state’s most competitive legislative races. We start today in South Jersey’s 8th legislative district. In his first-ever campaign for public office, Anthony Angelozzi suffered a...

PBA endorses incumbents, no challengers, in Assembly races

August 26, 2025 12:31 pmAugust 26, 2025 1:06 pm

The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association has endorsed incumbents in the most competitive legislative races, with support of the state’s largest law enforcement union going to Democrats in the 3rd and 11th districts and Republicans in the 21st district;...