Mike Testa Archives - New Jersey Globe

Former Democratic state senator reappointed to state farm post by Trump admin

August 21, 2025 1:01 pm

President Donald Trump has sought to undo most of what former President Joe Biden accomplished in office, but his administration has chosen to retain at least one appointee from the Biden era: New Jersey Farm Service Agency executive director Bob...

Democrats could gain significant ground in 2024 county races

January 5, 2024 2:43 pmFebruary 14, 2024 3:08 pm

For three years in a row, New Jersey Democrats have steadily lost ground in county offices, the oft-overlooked middle tier of state politics that has tremendous power over government contracts, elections administration, and more. In the three election cycles since...

Mapping out South Jersey Democrats’ great election night

November 30, 2023 6:34 pmDecember 1, 2023 10:45 am

Two years ago, South Jersey Democrats faced a reckoning in the New Jersey Legislature. The far-reaching party organization already had a substantial legislative bloc that included the President of the State Senate and the Majority Leader of the Assembly, and...

U.S. Comptroller will investigate offshore wind development

June 16, 2023 11:57 amJune 16, 2023 6:51 pm

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the federal agency tasked with audits and investigations, informed Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) yesterday that it will open an investigation into the impacts of wind development off the Jersey Shore. In the early months of...

Calls for wind development moratorium abound at Senate GOP hearing

May 3, 2023 2:20 pm

Why have so many whales died along the Jersey Shore this year? No one has a conclusive answer to that question, at least so far. But at a virtual hearing today, New Jersey Senate Republicans still found a chorus of...

Republicans love to hate Bob Menendez. Can they find anyone to run against him?

April 28, 2023 3:20 pmApril 29, 2023 8:11 pm

For years, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has been the guy New Jersey Republicans love to hate. Next year, they’re in luck: Menendez’s seat is up for election, giving them another chance to finally take the three-term senator down. Behind the...

Testa says Ostrum should drop out of Senate primary

March 13, 2023 3:09 pm

With Republican convention wins in all three of his district’s counties, State Sen. Ed Durr (R-Logan)’s campaign for renomination against Salem County Commissioner Mickey Ostrum (R-Pilesgrove) is looking stronger than ever – a far cry from a few months ago,...