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Pinkin faces rematch with Bengivenga in 18th district

March 7, 2019 1:23 pmMarch 7, 2019 3:33 pm

South Plainfield council president Robert Bengivenga will make a second bid for State Assembly in the 18th district. Bengivenga and Jeffrey Brown won the recommendation of the Middlesex County Republican screening committee last night to take on incumbents Nancy Pinkin...

Here’s what might happen if Cory Booker drops Senate re-election bid

February 15, 2019 1:01 amFebruary 21, 2019 1:42 pm

An overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans want Cory Booker to forgo seeking re-election to the United States Senate – if he is the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. A Monmouth University Poll released on Thursday shows that...

Pinkin: Middlesex congressional district “seems like a good idea”

January 22, 2019 2:08 pmJanuary 22, 2019 2:38 pm

Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-East Brunswick) on Tuesday told the New Jersey Globe that Middlesex County getting its own congressional district could be a good idea. “Looking at the numbers, it seems like it’s a good idea,” Pinkin said. “We haven’t...

Coughlin names Select Committee members, Counsel

October 23, 2018 5:06 pmOctober 23, 2018 7:11 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin announced the contingent of members from his chamber that will sit on the Select Committee investigation into the hiring of Al Alvarez by Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration. Coughlin named Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz the committee’s vice chair....

NJ’s top women Democrats stump for Sherrill

October 19, 2018 2:23 pmOctober 19, 2018 3:26 pm

About 18 days before voters cast their ballots in this year’s election, many of the state’s top women legislators were in the 11th district campaigning for Mikie Sherrill. Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Sens. Nia Gill, Linda Greenstein and Nellie...

Coughlin to fill vacancies caused by Green’s death

April 20, 2018 1:11 amApril 20, 2018 3:37 pm

The death of fourteen-term Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Plainfield) opens up several posts in the Assembly Democratic leadership that Speaker Craig Coughlin will get to fill. Green was the chairman of the Housing and Community Development Committee. Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro (D-Hoboken)...