Ned Thomson Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ten election bills cleared an Assembly committee. What do they do?

May 13, 2022 5:51 pmMay 16, 2022 12:41 am

A raft of ten bills concerning New Jersey’s elections, including seven spearheaded by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge), passed the Assembly State and Local Government Committee yesterday. If ultimately signed into law, the bills could make important changes to how...

New Jerseyans don’t want to pump their own gas, poll shows

March 10, 2022 6:00 amMarch 10, 2022 1:48 pm

By a margin of 73%-22%, New Jerseyans oppose a proposal to permit self-serve gas stations, according to an Eagleton-Rutgers poll released on Thursday morning that asked one question: “Do you prefer to pump your own gas or have your gas...

Singer, Kean, Thomson win in the 30th district

November 2, 2021 8:02 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:35 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Robert Singer (R-Lakewood), Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-Wall), and Assemblyman Ned Thomson (R-Wall) have won re-election to the 30th legislative district. They beat Democrats Dan Stinger, Stephen Dobbins, and Matthew Filosa in...

Muñoz has votes to become new Assembly minority leader

October 15, 2021 5:28 pmOctober 17, 2021 9:46 am

Nancy Muñoz appears set to become the next minority leader of the New Jersey State Assembly after forging a coalition with John DiMaio, the New Jersey Globe has learned. DiMaio (R-Hackettstown) will drop his bid for the post and become...

Brian Bergen enters race for Assembly minority leader

September 21, 2021 7:10 pmSeptember 22, 2021 8:01 am

Brian Bergen (R-Denville), a conservative freshman assemblyman from Morris County, said tonight that he would run for Assembly Minority Leader in a bid to make the GOP more aggressive as the party out of power in the lower house. “Anybody...

GOP Senate, Assembly leadership contests begin to take shape

July 1, 2021 12:42 pmJuly 1, 2021 1:14 pm

The decision of Thomas Kean, Jr. to not seek re-election to the State Senate this year – possibly to run for Congress – has triggered contests for minority leader in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. Assembly Minority Leader...

DiMaso ousted after being dropped from Monmouth GOP line

June 8, 2021 9:21 pm

The Monmouth County line proved too much for Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) to overcome. Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel School Board President Vicky Flynn will go on to the general election. The contest in the 13th district was one...