Paul Sarlo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gopal raises $250k at fundraiser with Sweeney, Coughlin

December 9, 2019 11:39 pm

At a fundraiser headlined by Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) raised more than $250,000 tonight for his 2021 re-election campaign. Gopal has raised about $880,000 since ousting three-term GOP incumbent...

Lagana, Stack back marijuana decriminalization

December 3, 2019 10:00 amDecember 3, 2019 2:19 pm

State Sens. Joe Lagana and Brian Stack will back marijuana decriminalization. According to a New Jersey Globe tally, that brings the number of state senators who opposed legalization but are backing decriminalization up to nine. State Sens. Declan O’Scanlon, Robert...

Greenstein, Addiego indicate support for decriminalization

December 2, 2019 2:11 pmDecember 2, 2019 4:36 pm

Sens. Linda Greenstein and Dawn Addiego joined five other senators who opposed marijuana legalization are now backing, or will likely back, decriminalization. Greenstein told the New Jersey Globe she supports decriminalization for simple possession. Addiego said she is leaning voting...

Senate appears to have votes to decriminalize marijuana

December 2, 2019 11:56 amDecember 2, 2019 1:57 pm

Editor’s Note: After this article was published, Sens. Linda Greenstein and Dawn Addiego told the New Jersey Globe they were supporting and leaning towards supporting decriminalization, respectively. Greenstein was a soft no on legalization in March. Addiego was simply a...

Sarlo indicates support for Juliano’s Currie endorsement

November 3, 2019 1:31 pm

State Sen. Paul Sarlo indicated support for Bergen County Democratic Chairman Paul Juliano’s backing of Democratic State Chair John Currie for another term. “The county organization is unified,” Sarlo said. “The whole county organization is unified behind our chair.” Juliano...

Dye should resign NAACP post, Democrats say

August 26, 2019 4:28 pmAugust 27, 2019 11:19 am

While thenNew Jersey NAACP is expected to decide this week whether Jeffrey Dye will be removed from his post as president of the Passaic chapter, several top political leaders think he ought to step down. “All the years I’ve represented...

The fall of John O. Bennett III

August 13, 2019 1:43 amAugust 13, 2019 1:43 am

With Gov. Jim McGreevey brandishing a stunningly low, upside-down approval rating of 35%-52% in a September Quinnipiac poll, Republicans hoped to regain their State Senate majority and end two years of shared control after the 2001 election left them split...