Peg Schaffer Archives - New Jersey Globe

Top Dems put feuds aside for Lagana dinner

October 15, 2019 12:29 amOctober 15, 2019 9:49 am

Some of the state’s top Democrats put their feuds aside to attend State Sen. Joe Lagana’s annual Columbus Day beefsteak Monday night. The first-term senator got Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin under one...

Peg Schaffer tells Bramnick he must apologize

October 11, 2019 8:51 amOctober 11, 2019 11:15 am

New Jersey Democratic State Vice Chair Peg Schaffer wants Jon Bramnick to apologize for a section on his law firm website that promises to “discredit” victims of sexual assault if the defendant becomes a client. “Jon Bramnick’s sales pitch to...

Russo hits Parenti on Salary spikes

October 7, 2019 4:45 pm

Democratic Somerset sheriff candidate Darrin Russo took aim at his opponent’s salary Monday. “Parenti loves to talk about taxpayer rip-offs, but for some reason he’s silent about the one he’s involved in,” Russo. “Over two years he extracted $270,000 in...

Somerset candidates attack opposition leadership

October 1, 2019 5:36 pm

Republicans and Democrats in Somerset County took potshots at the opposing party’s leadership Tuesday. “The Murphy-Russo-Marano team threatens our quality of life by pushing to make New Jersey a sanctuary state and by searching for new ways to raise taxes...

Quiñones Perez affirms support of Currie, Schaffer for state party posts

October 1, 2019 1:21 amOctober 1, 2019 1:50 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez continues to deny that she was the instigator of a meeting to seek an alternate candidate for Democratic State Chairman instead of incumbent John Currie, although several sources with direct knowledge of events...

Quiñones Perez organized breakfast that launched plot against Currie

September 29, 2019 11:06 pmSeptember 30, 2019 10:53 am

Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Arlene Quiñones Perez was the ringleader of a bid to find an alternative candidate for Democratic State Chairman, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Quiñones Perez proposed that Hudson County Democratic Chair Amy DeGise seek the...

Four women Democratic county chairs are open to a new state chairman

September 28, 2019 12:28 pmSeptember 29, 2019 6:11 pm

In the first real movement in the race for Democratic State Chair since April, a group of four women Democratic county chairs agreed in a private meeting this week that they are open to a change of leadership at the...