Mikie Sherrill Archives - New Jersey Globe

The year of the unlikely voter: why Democrats care so much about VBM reform

August 23, 2019 2:15 amAugust 23, 2019 2:51 pm

New Jersey has elections where candidates for the State Assembly head the ticket twice in four years, every other decade. It occurred in 2015 and won’t happen again until 2035. 2019 is considered an off-off year, when voter turnout is...

Legislature may hold special session to fix vote-by-mail mess

August 21, 2019 1:41 pmAugust 21, 2019 9:14 pm

Update: The Senate and Assembly have scheduled a quorum call for Friday at 4:30 PM and could schedule a voting session early next week. The Legislature could be called back into session within the next couple of weeks to address...

Maps: In NJ-11, Clinton beat Sanders by 22 points

August 17, 2019 4:49 pm

2018 was a wave year in New Jersey, with Democrats holding on to a U.S. Senate seat they’ve held since 1958, and New Jersey’s 5th district, as well as flipping the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th districts. One of the most...

Voters who asked for mail-in ballots in last two elections must reapply, state says

August 15, 2019 4:02 pmAugust 16, 2019 1:03 pm

In a move that creates even more confusion with New Jersey election law, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration has decided that voters who requested vote-by-mail ballots in 2017 and 2018 must reapply to receive mail-in ballots for the upcoming election. That...

The prescience of Bob Torricelli

August 14, 2019 12:50 pmAugust 14, 2019 4:48 pm

A victory speech delivered by Democrat Bob Torricelli on the night of his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 looks extraordinarily prescient nearly 37 years later. “Ours is the first political party to fail to develop a...

Van Drew plays carpetbagger card against Richter

August 13, 2019 3:58 pmAugust 13, 2019 5:53 pm

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) is already raising money off the announcement that the wealthy former CEO of one of the nation’s largest construction companies will run against him in 2020, and it took him just a few hours to...

Monmouth fundraiser draws top Democrats

August 7, 2019 11:43 pmAugust 8, 2019 10:57 am

A fundraiser for Monmouth County Democrats drew numerous top Democrats to a country club in Neptune despite storms that harried the state Wednesday night. “Here, what you’ve done is incredible,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) told the crowd. “Flipping close to...