Renee Burgess Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senate trio calls for passage of bill requiring fossil-fuel companies to pay up before budget

March 30, 2026 3:51 pmMarch 30, 2026 4:49 pm

A trio of state senators on the Senate Budget Committee is demanding that before legislators pass the first budget of Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s tenure, the state should pass legislation requiring fossil-fuel companies to pay millions to address climate change. Three...

DiVincenzo has giant fundraising haul after bi-partisan event

March 26, 2026 11:05 amMarch 26, 2026 4:32 pm

Sometimes close personal relationships transcend party lines, and that was on display last night in Cedar Grove, where Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. had a six-figure fundraising haul after a high-dollar event sponsored by two Republicans: former State Sen....

Burgess says 28th district legislators are ‘a team’ as potentially fractious primary approaches

December 19, 2024 5:59 pmDecember 19, 2024 7:54 pm

State Sen. Renee Burgess (D-Irvington) said the 28th district legislators are “a team” as her Assembly district mates head to what could be a contentious primary. Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), 81, hasn’t yet announced whether she will run for re-election,...

McIver endorsed by three 28th district lawmakers

June 15, 2024 4:13 pm

State Sen. Renee Burgess (D-Irvington) has endorsed LaMonica McIver for Congress in the so-far sleepy July 16 special Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 10th district. McIver, the president of the Newark City Council and the front runner for the unexpired...

Who succeeds Donald Payne? Here’s our list of 18 possible names

April 24, 2024 12:37 pmApril 25, 2024 11:10 am

There’s a deep bench of Democrats to step into New Jersey’s 10th district congressional seat to succeed Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-Newark), who died today after a brief illness. Since Payne is unopposed, he’ll win the June 4 Democratic primary...

Despite lots of turnover, new legislature will be demographically similar to current one

November 8, 2023 5:29 pm

One of the dominant themes of this year’s New Jersey legislative elections was turnover. Thanks to a large number of retirements and defeats, there will be a whopping 29 new faces joining the legislature in January, plus another seven current...

McKeon, Burgess, Ruiz, Timberlake win as Essex Democrats hold four legislative districts

November 7, 2023 8:30 pmNovember 7, 2023 8:41 pm

Democrats in Essex County have retained control of four legislative districts – the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 34th – with lots of new faces headed to the legislature from heavily redrawn districts, the New Jersey Globe projects. In the 27th...