Nellie Pou Archives - New Jersey Globe

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Adelman nomination to lead Human Services advances through committee

March 21, 2022 2:49 pm

Sarah Adelman, who has served as acting commissioner of the Department of Human Services since early 2021, was unanimously advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee today, clearing her path for confirmation by the full Senate on Thursday. Adelman, a former...

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...