Michael Torrissi Archives - New Jersey Globe

Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins

January 11, 2022 4:09 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:08 pm

The New Jersey State Legislature swore in 21 new members today to mark the beginning of the 220th legislative session, following last year’s election that saw Republicans make significant gains across the state. Among the new members are three Asian...

Four ways to redistrict Atlantic County

December 3, 2021 2:15 pmDecember 5, 2021 2:19 pm

As mapmakers on the Legislative Apportionment Commission gear up to draw the legislative maps that will shape New Jersey politics for the next decade, one of the problems they’ll be faced with is an age-old question: how should Atlantic County...

Local Republicans will fill Eulner, Matsikoudis council seats

November 15, 2021 12:01 amNovember 15, 2021 3:05 am

The New Jersey legislative elections will trigger a small number of appointments and special elections after January 11, following the resignation of local elected posts to obviate any violation of the state’s dual-officeholding ban. Republican Kimberly Eulner, who won a...

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 –...

Stanfield leads Addiego, Torrissi and Umba win in the 8th district

November 2, 2021 11:41 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:11 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Hammonton Councilman Michael Torrissi and Acting Manchester Township Administrator Brandon Umba, both Republicans, have defeated Democrats Allison Eckel and Mark Natale for the 8th legislative district’s Assembly seats, holding both for the GOP....

Can Republicans beat the state senator who spurned them?

September 24, 2021 3:24 pmSeptember 27, 2021 9:17 am

Four years ago, State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) was in the fight for her political life. Addiego, a Republican former assemblywoman and county freeholder, won her first term to the state’s Burlington County-based 8th Senate district uncontested in 2011, and...

Addiego holds sizeable cash lead in LD8

May 20, 2021 2:26 pm

State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) holds a cash lead over Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton) in the eighth legislative district’s State Senate contest. Addiego, a former Republican, reported raising $138,025 in 29-day pre-election campaign finance reports filed with the New Jersey...