Mikie Sherrill Archives - New Jersey Globe

Number of women in NJ House delegation could jump in 2020

December 8, 2019 9:51 pmDecember 9, 2019 9:07 pm

New Jersey could see a spike in the number of women in the congressional delegation after next year’s election. Women candidates are running for Congress in 9 of the state’s 12 districts in 2020, so far – although most face...

Democrats approach million voter registration edge in New Jersey

December 4, 2019 12:15 pmDecember 4, 2019 11:02 pm

New Jersey now has 981,303 more Democrats than Republicans, according to statewide voter registration numbers released by the New Jersey Secretary of State. Democrats are on a path to having a registration edge of one million voters at some point...

Rasmussen: How Van Drew navigates impeachment

December 1, 2019 4:11 pmDecember 2, 2019 2:48 pm

OPINION South Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew is hardly alone among Democrats in calling for caution on impeachment. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a Democrat from the electorally important state of Michigan, said last week she doesn’t “see the value of kicking”...

Saily Avelena, Executive Director of NJ 11th for Change, will be campaign manager for John Currie's re-election bid/

Avelenda to manage Currie re-election bid

November 26, 2019 9:22 amNovember 26, 2019 1:04 pm

Saily Avelenda, a progressive leader who played a key role in forcing Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen into retirement, will serve as campaign manager for Democratic State Chairman John Currie’s re-election campaign. The executive director of NJ 11th for Change, the grassroots...

Casha enters race for Congress against Sherrill

November 25, 2019 12:24 pmNovember 25, 2019 2:27 pm

Former Kinnelon Councilman Larry Casha has announced his bid for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district, sharply criticizing freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for supporting the House Democrats efforts to impeach President Donald Trump. “Never before has a Congress ignored...

Casha will run for Congress against Sherrill

November 21, 2019 5:31 pmNovember 21, 2019 6:08 pm

Former Kinnelon Councilman Lawrence A. Casha will seek the Republican nomination for Congress against freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in New Jersey’s 11th district. “Yes, I am running,” Casha told the New Jersey Globe. The Republican State Committeeman from Morris...

Murphy announces funds to combat algal blooms

November 18, 2019 1:20 pmNovember 18, 2019 4:16 pm

Joined by three Democratic House members up for re-election next year, Gov. Phil Murphy announced more than $13 million in funding to reduce harmful algal blooms, like the one that caused swimming bans at Lake Hopatcong last summer. The announcement...