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Pallotta smacks Gottheimer on gun safety endorsement, a move that could help both candidates

May 28, 2020 3:38 pmMay 28, 2020 10:21 pm

Republican Frank Pallotta slammed Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) for winning the support of a prominent gun safety group, saying Congress needs real solutions like one proposed by Assemblyman Parker Space (R-Wantage). The move highlights two very different views on...

Park closures first issue to draw outcry from array of Republicans

April 8, 2020 3:31 pm

A growing number of Republicans are calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to reverse course on an executive order that shuttered New Jersey’s state and county parks. “We recognize the incredibly difficult challenges you face every day as our beloved State...

Space, Wirths win re-election

November 5, 2019 8:01 pmNovember 5, 2019 7:46 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Republican incumbents Parker Space and Hal Wirths have been re-elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in the 24th district. They defeated Democrats Deana Lykins, a former Senate staffer, and former Municipal Court...

Environmental group sending organizers into some Assembly races

October 1, 2019 1:16 pmOctober 3, 2019 10:49 am

The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters has dispatched three field organizers from their political action committee to organize ground support for their endorsed State Assembly candidates in seven legislative districts. In two of the districts – both with one...

State firefighters union urges defeat of Bramnick, endorses Democratic challengers in 21st

September 19, 2019 10:06 amSeptember 20, 2019 9:32 am

The New Jersey Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association has endorsed mostly incumbents for the 2019 State Assembly races, but is supporting Democratic challengers in the 21st district against Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Assembly Minority Whip Nancy Munoz (R-Summit)....

NJEA sides with GOP incumbents in key Assembly races

August 29, 2019 2:56 pmAugust 29, 2019 8:22 pm

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) has endorsed four Republican incumbents in hotly contested races for the State Assembly in the 2019 mid-term elections. The state’s largest public employee union also declined to back South Jersey Democrats in their bids...

Deana Lykins hits Wirths, Space over Lake Hopatcong

August 14, 2019 10:26 amAugust 14, 2019 11:50 am

Another Assembly candidate is taking aim at Republican incumbents using an algal bloom that has left the state’s largest lake shuttered to public use for weeks. “It is unacceptable for this state’s environmental protector to so obviously fall down on...