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Saily Avelena, Executive Director of NJ 11th for Change, will be campaign manager for John Currie's re-election bid/

Avelenda to manage Currie re-election bid

November 26, 2019 9:22 amNovember 26, 2019 1:04 pm

Saily Avelenda, a progressive leader who played a key role in forcing Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen into retirement, will serve as campaign manager for Democratic State Chairman John Currie’s re-election campaign. The executive director of NJ 11th for Change, the grassroots...

County chair law partner to head Somerset transition team

November 22, 2019 5:27 pm

Joel Shain, the law partner of Somerset County Democratic Chair Peg Schaffer, will head the transition team as Democrats prepare to control county government for the first time since 1965. Shain was first elected mayor of Orange in 1970, at...

LeRoy Jones picks Marta Harrison as his running mate

November 20, 2019 11:31 amNovember 20, 2019 5:18 pm

Former Lakewood Mayor Marta Harrison will run for Democratic State Committee vice chair on a ticket with LeRoy Jones, Jr. With Harrison, Jones likely precludes any chance that incumbent John Currie can peel off any of the five Ocean County...

Murphy assures Currie backers he will win

November 13, 2019 12:30 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy assured a group of Democratic county chairs supporting John Currie that he remains confident in his ability to turn some votes away from challenger LeRoy Jones, Jr. before the State Committee meets to pick their leader. In...

Murphy calls Jones’ state chair bid an attack on activists, Democrats

November 13, 2019 12:01 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy called LeRoy Jones’ bid for Democratic state chairman an attack on Democrats and activists Wednesday. “If you support me, if you support my agenda of making our state stronger and fairer, and if you support Democratic Party...

Walsh calls on Dems to denounce Ellison appearance at Democratic women dinner

October 22, 2019 7:20 pmOctober 23, 2019 3:12 pm

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with comment from Peg Schaffer at 7:43 p.m. It was updated again with further comment from Schaffer at 3:11 p.m. Wednesday. Somerset County Freeholder Pat Walsh called on her Democratic challenger to denounce an...

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...