Pat Diegnan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Diegnan, slate defeat challengers in District 18

June 8, 2021 11:57 pm

A slate of incumbents led by State Sen. Pat Diegnan (D-South Plainfield) defeated candidates aligned with Edison Democratic Municipal Chairman Mahesh Bhagia Tuesday. Assemblymen Sterley Stanley (D-East Brunswick) and Robert Karabinchak (D-Edison) beat Lisa Salem, of Edison, and Maurice Alfaro...

Seven mayoral primaries to watch on June 8

June 1, 2021 5:10 pmJune 2, 2021 6:03 pm

Voters in at least six New jersey municipalities are hosting closely watched races to pick their party’s candidates for local office next Tuesday. In Atlantic City, Mayor Marty Small has the line against challenger Tom Foley. Foley, a former Democratic...

Murphy will nominate LaTourette to head DEP

April 14, 2021 12:11 pmApril 14, 2021 1:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette to permanently head the Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Globe has learned. LaTourette, a longtime environmental law attorney whom Murphy appointed to lead the department following former Environmental Commissioner...

Seven candidates file to run for governor in June primary election

April 5, 2021 10:39 pmApril 6, 2021 11:41 am

Click HERE for the latest update: The dust has mostly settled on New Jersey’s filing deadline, with four Republicans and three Democrats competing to run for governor. Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who became the front runner in January after former...

Diegnan backing Stanley for Pinkin’s Assembly seat

January 11, 2021 5:34 pmJanuary 11, 2021 5:37 pm

State Sen. Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield) is backing East Brunswick Councilman Sterley Stanley for the Assembly seat vacated when Nancy Pinkin resigned to become Middlesex County Clerk. “I’m supporting Sterling Stanley,” he said. “He’s a good guy and he works...

Committee advances bill allowing minors to act as poll workers all day

October 8, 2020 4:13 pmOctober 8, 2020 11:23 pm

The State Senate Labor Committee advanced a bill on Thursday that nearly doubles the current limit on how much time a minor can serve as an Election Day poll worker. The bill, sponsored by State Sens. Pat Diegnan (D-South Plainfield)...

Diegnan: Roginsky accusations disturbing

January 27, 2020 12:39 pmJanuary 27, 2020 5:44 pm

State Sen. Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield) said he was incredibly disturbed by accusations of misogyny and retaliation in Gov. Phil Murphy’s 2017 campaign made by Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky. “If you’re not disturbed, I mean — I think everybody recognizes...