Phil Haines Archives - New Jersey Globe

Burlington now has two Democratic Senators

January 28, 2019 4:26 pm

State Sen. Dawn Addiego’s announcement that she is switching to the Democratic Party means that Burlington will have only Democratic Senators for the first time since 1963. From 1998 until January 2018, Burlington was represented by Republican Senators – Diane...

How Addiego got to the Senate

January 28, 2019 4:21 pm

Republican-turned-Democrat Dawn Addiego first won a State Assembly seat in 2007 after Burlington County Republicans told incumbent assemblymen Francis Bodine (R-Moorestown) and Larry Chatzidakis (R-Mount Laurel) to retire. They were replaced by Addiego and Scott Rudder (R-Medford). Bodine switched parties...