Murray Sabrin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Duggan enters race to challenge Gottheimer

November 10, 2019 11:55 amNovember 10, 2019 12:00 pm

Paul Duggan, who nearly captured the GOP nomination for Bergen County Executive in 2018, announced today that he will run for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district. Duggan is the fourth Republican to enter the race to challenge Rep. Josh...

All three GOP Senate candidates have run statewide before

August 24, 2019 2:53 pm

So far, all three candidates for the 2020 Republican U.S. Senate nomination to challenge Cory Booker have run statewide before. Tricia Flanagan and Stuart Meissner ran as independent candidates for the United States Senate, while Hirsh Singh sought the Republican...

In Cherry Hill, maybe a rematch

March 24, 2019 9:52 pmMarch 24, 2019 10:41 pm

Nancy Feller O’Dowd is expected to seek the Republican nomination for mayor of Cherry Hill, which could set up another rematch with Democrat Susan Shin Angulo. Two-term mayor Chuck Cahn is not seeking re-election to a third term and Shin...

Mission Impossible: The search for a GOP Senate candidate vs. Booker

November 12, 2018 12:38 pmNovember 13, 2018 11:24 am

Republicans will have a nearly impossible time recruiting a candidate to run against U.S. Senator Cory Booker in 2020. New Jerseyans just re-elected a senator with upside-down approvals of 36%-52%. Booker’s approvals are at 58%-37%. Their 2018 candidate, Bob Hugin...

Imperiale was only independent to win beyond local level

November 1, 2018 1:43 pmNovember 1, 2018 10:57 pm

The only independent candidate to win beyond the local level in New Jersey over the last 50 years was Anthony Imperiale, a self-styled vigilante from Newark’s North Ward who came to power during the 1967 Newark riots. Gov. Richard Hughes...

McCann poll has Gottheimer ahead by 9 points

October 25, 2018 5:03 pmOctober 26, 2018 8:55 am

Freshman Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) has a nine-point lead over Republican John McCann, 47%-38% in New Jersey’s 5th district, according to a McLaughlin & Associates poll conducted for the McCann campaign. The most recent survey was done by Jim McLaughlin,...

Sabrin joins Senate debate, in his own way

October 24, 2018 3:55 pmOctober 24, 2018 5:29 pm

While he’s not participating in tonight’s U.S. Senate debate between Bob Menendez and Bob Hugin, Libertarian Murray Sabrin says he’s putting himself in the mix anyway. Sabrin says he’ll deliver an opening statement at 7:58 PM, two minutes before the...