Tag: Phil Murphy

Sires looks to build West New York landslide for Menendez

To paraphrase the late Everett McKinley Dirksen, a couple of thousand votes here and few thousand there, and suddenly you’re talking about some real numbers. The big deal about Albio Sires opening a campaign headquarters in his hometown of West New York is that he’s trying to build up a huge plurality for his friend Bob Menendez. West New York has about 22,000 voters and Democrats have a 5-1 voter
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Sweeney praises Cuomo, probably to annoy Murphy

Three days before the New York Democratic gubernatorial primary, New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney issued a statement praising Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his plan to create a permanent pedestrian plaza in front of Penn Station in Manhattan.  Sources say that Cuomo has cultivated a relationship with Sweeney, largely through mutual friends from the building trades unions. Gov. Phil Murphy already has a strained relationship with Cuomo and has refused
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MacArthur: Legalized marijuana would be a ‘terrible mistake’

While some of New Jersey’s congressional delegates support state Democrats’ plans to legalize recreational marijuana, Rep. Tom MacArthur thinks it would be a potentially-lethal mistake. “I think it's a terrible mistake. It's a risk we do not need to be taking,” MacArthur said at a press conference on in Burlington City on Monday. “I understand that marijuana may have some medical use, and I'm certainly ok with using it in
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DNC chair to speak at state conference

State Democrats' annual conference is drawing some star power. In addition to a slate of the state's most powerful Democrats, including Gov. Phil Murphy, Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and all 12 of the state's Democratic House nominees, the two-day convention will feature a speech by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. “As a party, we are standing up against Donald Trump’s intolerant policies and working to affect change
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