Paul Moriarty Archives - New Jersey Globe

South Jersey leaders promise to fight casinos outside Atlantic City in biting letter

March 27, 2026 4:06 pm

Growing buzz around the potential of casinos outside of Atlantic City has put South Jersey leaders on alert, and on Friday, they signed a strong letter promising to put the kibosh on the idea. In a bipartisan letter to Gov....

Former Camden GOP chair fined for not answering subpoena in Moriarty lawsuit

August 5, 2025 4:27 pmAugust 5, 2025 4:29 pm

A judge has ordered the Camden County GOP’s former chairman to pay nearly $1,000 after failing to comply with a subpoena in a libel lawsuit that state Sen. Paul Moriarty (D-Washington) leveled against the county party last year. Moriarty sued...

Moriarty tells Dem municipal chair charged with corruption to resign

June 17, 2024 12:45 pmJune 17, 2024 1:57 pm

State Sen. Paul Moriarty (D-Washington Township) has called for Christopher Milam to step down as Washington Township Democratic municipal chairman following criminal charges alleging that Milam blocked payments to an engineering firm in retaliation for a firm executive’s refusal to...

Mapping out South Jersey Democrats’ great election night

November 30, 2023 6:34 pmDecember 1, 2023 10:45 am

Two years ago, South Jersey Democrats faced a reckoning in the New Jersey Legislature. The far-reaching party organization already had a substantial legislative bloc that included the President of the State Senate and the Majority Leader of the Assembly, and...

Phantom candidates didn’t make much of a dent in key races

November 9, 2023 12:35 pm

Prior to New Jersey’s legislative elections on Tuesday, a lot of attention was directed at the phenomenon of “phantom candidates,” or conservative third-party candidates whose main purpose appeared to be siphoning away votes from GOP legislative nominees. In close races,...

Great night for N.J. Democrats, who gain five seats in the legislature

November 8, 2023 2:05 amNovember 8, 2023 11:08 am

Typically, when one party controls both the White House and the Governor’s Mansion, that’s a bad sign for that party’s chances in New Jersey legislative midterms. But Democrats broke that curse this year, winning every top district and flipping a...

Moriarty holds competitive 4th district for Dems, defeating Del Borrello

November 7, 2023 9:51 pmNovember 8, 2023 12:08 am

Democrats have retained control of the highly competitive 4th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, with Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-Washington) winning a seat in the Senate and Monroe school board member Cody Miller and Gloucester Township Councilman Dan Hutchison...