Ravi Bhalla Archives - New Jersey Globe

The race for 32nd district Assembly seats is on

February 22, 2022 1:12 pmFebruary 22, 2022 1:15 pm

With Raj Mukherji seeking an open State Senate seat in Hudson County’s newly-drawn 32nd district, the process to fill his open State Assembly seat – and maybe one other — has already begun. Jersey City will get the Senate seat...

These incumbents kept their legislative districts. They might not survive 2023 anyways.

February 22, 2022 1:11 pmFebruary 22, 2022 4:09 pm

New Jersey’s new legislative map, adopted last week following a first-of-its-kind bipartisan process, creates two possible showdowns between giants: State Sen. Nia Gill (D-Montclair) versus former Gov. Richard Codey (D-Roseland) in the 27th district, and State Sens. Nicholas Sacco (D-North...

Mukherji announces run for newly open Senate seat

February 18, 2022 4:42 pmFebruary 19, 2022 10:34 am

Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City) said today that he will run for the Senate in the 32nd district come 2023, an announcement that was immediately followed by endorsements from Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City),...

New chiefs of staffs named for five legislators

January 25, 2022 1:49 pmJanuary 25, 2022 4:47 pm

Two lawmakers named new chiefs of staff on Tuesday, with Leigh Maris joining State Sen. Sam Thompson (R-Old Bridge) and Christian Duffy taking in the top slot in the office of Assembly Majority Conference Leader Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth). Last week,...

Special school referendums tomorrow in 10 N.J. municipalities

January 24, 2022 10:39 amJanuary 25, 2022 8:38 pm

Voters in ten New Jersey municipalities will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to approve or reject school construction projects, including a controversial $241 million proposal to build a new high school in Hoboken. Local school districts...

Bhalla declines overture from 32BJ SEIU to run for Congress

December 21, 2021 11:23 amDecember 21, 2021 11:34 am

Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla told the New Jersey Globe that he will not seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th district, eschewing a call from one of the state’s most influential labor unions that he ought to...

Where local races stand in Hudson County

November 5, 2021 11:40 am

East Newark Democratic Councilmembers Kenneth Graham and Rose Evaristo won re-election to the East Newark Borough Council unopposed. Guttenberg Guttenberg Mayor Wayne Zitt and Councilmembers Monica Fundora, John Habermann, and Richard Delafuente, all Democrats, won re-election without opposition. Hoboken Mayor...