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NJEA endorses Mikie Sherrill for Governor

September 9, 2025 8:37 pmSeptember 10, 2025 11:16 am

The New Jersey Education Association PAC has endorsed Rep. Mikie Sherrill for governor, voting to back a candidate after spending tens of millions to defeat her in the Democratic primary. The state’s largest public employee union said Sherrill was a...

NJEA spent more than $500 for every vote Sean Spiller received

June 11, 2025 3:42 pmJune 26, 2025 10:33 pm

From the very beginning of this election cycle, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) had made it clear that it was all-in to elect Sean Spiller, the union’s president and the former mayor of Montclair, as New Jersey’s next governor....

Tina Dare elected NJEA secretary-treasurer, putting her on path to union presidency

April 30, 2025 1:45 pmMay 1, 2025 10:41 am

Tina Dare has been elected secretary-treasurer of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), New Jersey’s largest teachers’ union and one of its most politically influential labor organizations; secretary-treasurer is the union’s third-ranking position, and it puts Dare on track for...

Four candidates will seek NJEA post that puts them on path to presidency in 2033

November 21, 2024 1:34 pm

One of the most critical elections in New Jersey next year comes in April, when four candidates will compete to become the new Secretary-Treasurer of the New Jersey Education Association, a contest that puts the winner on a trajectory to...

Pascrell tribute: Sean Spiller and NJEA leadership

August 21, 2024 3:18 pm

New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller, Vice President Steve Beatty, and Secretary-Treasurer Petal Robertson released the following statement on the death of Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson): “We are saddened to learn of the passing of Congressman Bill Pascrell. Congressman...

NJEA endorses Spiller for governor

June 18, 2024 6:31 pmJune 20, 2024 10:10 pm

The New Jersey Education Association PAC has endorsed Sean Spiller, the NJEA president and mayor of Montclair, for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2025. The endorsement vote comes three days after the PAC screening committee met to interview declared...

Statements on the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022 10:29 amJune 25, 2022 2:34 pm

As has been anticipated for nearly two months, the U.S. Supreme Court released its 6-3 opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this morning, striking down the constitutional right to abortion that was first established in Roe v. Wade....