Raymond Zane Archives - New Jersey Globe

GOP runs Durr, Sawyer against Burzichelli, Taliaferro

April 1, 2019 6:42 pmOctober 16, 2019 3:47 am

Republicans are backing Edward Durr and Beth Sawyer for State Assembly in the 3rd district against incumbents John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro) and Adam Taliaferro (D-Swedesboro). The 3rd has not gone Republican since Jack Collins and Gary Stuhltrager ran for the last...

Carroll bill would declare party-switcher seats vacant

March 13, 2019 1:22 pm

Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris Township) has introduced legislation that would declare a public office vacant when the officeholder switches parties. POLITICO’s Matt Friedman dubbed it the “Dawn Addiego Act of 2019.” Addiego would have been forced to leave the...

Senate moves Addiego desk to Dem side

January 31, 2019 5:07 amJanuary 30, 2019 11:36 pm

Dawn Addiego will sit with the Democrats today – her first Senate session since switching parties on Monday. Addiego’s desk on the Senate floor has been moved to the third row on the Democratic side, where she will sit between...

Where will Addiego sit?

January 28, 2019 6:48 pm

The New Jersey Office of Legislative Services has two days to physically move State Sen. Dawn Addiego’s desk in the New Jersey State Senate from the Republican side. Addiego now sits in one of the Republican rows in the Senate,...

Addiego is first Senate party switcher since Zane

January 28, 2019 4:17 pmJanuary 28, 2019 4:35 pm

If State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) wins re-election as a Democrat in 2021, she would be the first party switcher to hold a seat in the New Jersey Legislature since the current State Constitution was adopted in 1947. She would...

Harry Rink, former Greenwich mayor, Assembly candidate, dies

December 18, 2018 10:19 am

Harry Rink, who served as a councilman and mayor in Greenwich Township, passed away on December 14. He was 89. He was elected to the Township Council in 1991, defeating incumbent Republicans Joseph Harbeson and Bill Williamson. In 1993, Rink...

South Jersey Port backs down in fight with Murphy

September 24, 2018 6:44 pmSeptember 24, 2018 9:05 pm

The South Jersey Port Corporation has backed off their plans to renew a contract with former State Sen. Raymond Zane as their general counsel, avoiding another showdown with Gov. Phil Murphy. The request for proposal (RFP) for legal services will...