Phil Swibinski Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy won’t endorse another presidential candidate

January 15, 2020 8:17 amJanuary 15, 2020 8:25 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has no plans to make a quick endorsement of another presidential candidate, clearing the way for Democratic county chairs to make their own decisions about awarding organization lines for the New Jersey Democratic primary in June. “The...

Booker super PAC launches $500k media blitz

December 5, 2019 5:53 pmDecember 5, 2019 5:54 pm

A pro-Cory Booker super PAC is spending $500,000 on a campaign to help the New Jersey senator qualify for the December Democratic presidential debate. United We Win says it will air television ads and digital ads and phone programs in...

Jersey-tied super PAC backing Booker launching Iowa ads

November 29, 2019 6:41 pm

A new super PAC backing Cory Booker for the Democratic presidential nomination will spend about $200,000 in Iowa starting on Monday. The independent expenditure will include a TV ad broadcast in multiple Iowa media markets, targeted digital ads and a...

Huge overhead dominated Democratic state party spending

November 27, 2019 4:07 pmNovember 27, 2019 5:40 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee spent more than $1.2 million on overhead in the first 10 months of 2019, at least four times as much as it spent on races in the state, a New Jersey Globe examination of...

Democrats step up payments to firm that hired Delgado-Polanco

November 25, 2019 2:54 pmNovember 26, 2019 1:20 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee increased their payments to a political consulting firm that hired Lizette Delgado-Polanco after she resigned as vice chair of the state party. Delgado-Polanco joined The Cratos Group as a senior vice president in April,...

Murphy-aligned non-profit makes $2 million ad buy

October 21, 2019 3:28 pm

A non-profit run by allies of Gov. Phil Murphy is making a $2 million ad buy two weeks out from election day. New Direction New Jersey launched two ads touting accomplishments under the first two year’s of Murphy’s tenure as...

Murphy aide Derrick Greene offered buses to Democratic conference

September 23, 2019 11:55 amSeptember 23, 2019 6:32 pm

A top aide to Gov. Phil Murphy has personally called African American activists offering free buses and meals to increase attendance at the Democratic State Committee Conference in Atlantic City this week, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Long Branch...