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Singleton elevated to Senate Majority Whip

January 3, 2022 4:21 pmJanuary 3, 2022 9:30 pm

Incoming Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) announced today that State Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Delran), a Burlington County Democrat who will soon begin his second term in the Senate, will serve as Senate Majority Whip in the coming legislative session. “I...

Pou on new leadership role: ‘It’s a position I take very seriously’

December 2, 2021 1:38 pm

In the wake of yesterday’s announcement that she would become part of Senate leadership as Senate majority caucus chair, State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-Haledon) said today that she’s excited about the newly created role. “It’s a position that I am...

Murphy carried 24 legislative districts on his path to victory

December 1, 2021 12:27 pmDecember 1, 2021 12:37 pm

Though Gov. Phil Murphy didn’t win this year’s gubernatorial election by as much as he may have wanted, he carried a healthy majority of the state’s legislative districts, winning 24 to Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli’s 16. Democrats in the...

Top Black Democrats back Scutari for Senate President

November 6, 2021 1:42 pmNovember 6, 2021 1:43 pm

Three prominent Black Democratic Party leaders – Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr., former Democratic State Chairman John Currie and Monmouth County Democratic Chairman David Brown — have endorsed Nicholas Scutari’s bid to become the next Senate President. The move...

Pou, Sumter, Wimberly win in the 35th district

November 2, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 17, 2021 5:00 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon), Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Paterson), and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) have won re-election to the 35th legislative district. Pou defeated former Haledon mayor Kenneth Pengitore, while Sumter and...

Ruiz will be Senate Majority Leader

October 28, 2021 2:41 pmOctober 28, 2021 3:41 pm

Teresa Ruiz, who is finishing her fourteenth year in the legislature, will become the next Senate Majority Leader, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Ruiz’s ascent to the post was first reported by POLITICO and is now positioned to become...

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

With new census count, 17 districts have non-white majorities — and most are represented by white senators

August 13, 2021 1:56 pmAugust 13, 2021 3:44 pm

Seventeen legislative districts that have non-white majorities are currently represented by nine white Democrats in the New Jersey State Senate, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released on Thursday. These new numbers are expected to be part of the redistricting...