Raphael Warnock Archives - New Jersey Globe

Jersey guys lag behind in new Pennsylvania, Georgia polls

September 14, 2022 4:58 pm

Two former New Jersey residents, both Republicans, running for U.S. Senate trail their Democratic opponents in new polls released today of Georgia and Pennsylvania. According to a Quinnipiac University poll of Georgia, Herschel Walker, a resident of Verona in the...

Here’s where four U.S. Senate candidates with N.J. roots stand in the polls

August 27, 2022 5:43 pmAugust 29, 2022 12:06 am

Of the four New Jersey candidates running for the United States Senate in other states, recent polling puts one in the lead and another in a tied race, while two others are currently behind. U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona...

Georgia Curio appointed as tiebreaker on Atlantic County redistricting commission

February 4, 2022 2:33 pmFebruary 4, 2022 2:45 pm

Former Superior Court Judge Georgia Curio was chosen today by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to serve as the fifth, tiebreaking member of the Atlantic County Commissioner Redistricting Commission. At the first meeting of the commission to redraw...

Booker gets a spot on Senate Agriculture Committee

February 2, 2021 5:29 pm

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker was appointed to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Tuesday, becoming only the second Black American to hold a seat on the panel since it was established in 1825. “Our food system is deeply broken....

With Democrats poised to retake Senate, Murphy predicts movement on state aid, Gateway

January 6, 2021 2:27 pmJanuary 6, 2021 5:07 pm

Update: Sen.-elect Jon Ossoff won his race against Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) by a wide enough margin to avoid a recount. Gov. Phil Murphy sees Democratic policy victories on the horizon as the party appears poised to retake control of...

Menendez chairmanship in hands of Georgia voters

January 3, 2021 3:53 pm

Bob Menendez isn’t on the ballot Tuesday’s U.S. Senate elections in Georgia, but his ascension to the chairmanship of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee depends upon whether Democrats oust David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. A Democratic majority depends on...

Murphy not fundraising for Georgia runoffs

December 14, 2020 4:40 pmDecember 15, 2020 12:08 am

Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t soliciting funds on behalf of two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates whose election would hand the party full control in Washington, but that could change in the future. “I’m not part of any fundraising operation for the...