Reed Gusciora Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gusciora not ready to endorse in presidential race

June 21, 2019 2:47 pm

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora isn’t ready to back anyone for the presidency, though he does have some preferred candidates. “I like the Bs — Booker, Buttigieg and Biden,” Gusciora told the New Jersey Globe Friday. The three he is referring...

Phil Murphy, incoming DGA chairman, won’t say he backs pro-life, pro-gun Democrats in Louisiana, Mississippi

May 28, 2019 5:32 pmMay 29, 2019 9:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, slated to head the Democratic Governors Association in January, refused to say if he’ll support Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Louisiana and Mississippi who support abortion restrictions and oppose gun control. Murphy on Tuesday sidestepped a...

Meagan Warner elected NJ College Dems president

April 27, 2019 8:48 pmApril 27, 2019 9:24 pm

Meagan Warner, who worked on campaigns for Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) and Trenton mayor Reed Gusciora, was elected president of the College Democrats of New Jersey at their annual meeting today. Warner, a student at The College of New...

Bethea takes on Reynolds-Jackson, Verrelli in Dem primary

March 26, 2019 10:45 am

Former Trenton city councilman Alex Bethea has filed to challenge incumbents Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) and Anthony Verrelli (D-Hopewell) in the Democratic State Assembly primary in the 15th district. A retired elementary school principal, Bethea spent eight years as a councilman...

Group seeks end to trade, travel restrictions with Cuba

March 26, 2019 8:00 amMarch 26, 2019 7:05 am

A group of New Jersey political and business leaders will push for statewide support to lift trade and travel restrictions on Cuba. New Jersey will become the 19th state to join Engage Cuba, a Washington-based lobbying group that advocates pro-engagement policies on...

Conservative Republican seeks to become New Jersey’s first transgender legislator

March 15, 2019 12:05 amMarch 15, 2019 12:00 pm

Conservative Republican Jennifer Williams is seeking to become New Jersey’s first openly transgender state legislator. Williams, the Trenton GOP municipal chair, is seeking the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 15th district, where incumbents Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) and Anthony...

Here’s what might happen if Cory Booker drops Senate re-election bid

February 15, 2019 1:01 amFebruary 21, 2019 1:42 pm

An overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans want Cory Booker to forgo seeking re-election to the United States Senate – if he is the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. A Monmouth University Poll released on Thursday shows that...