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The filing deadline is 17 days away, but primary season is already cooling down

March 10, 2023 4:00 pmMarch 13, 2023 3:13 am

The filing deadline for New Jersey’s 2023 primary is still 17 days away; the primary itself is a full 71 days after that. But thanks in large part to the power of the county line, primary season is already calming...

Timberlake files for long-anticipated State Senate bid

February 21, 2023 12:01 pm

Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake (D-East Orange) has filed paperwork with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission for a State Senate campaign in the 34th district, a long-expected development in a tumultuous year for Essex County politics. Assuming she wins the...

How is Trenton reacting to Sam Thompson’s party switch? Cautiously.

February 13, 2023 4:22 pmFebruary 13, 2023 11:43 pm

State Sen. Sam Thompson (D-Old Bridge)’s dramatic and unexpected party switch from Republican to Democrat was the talk of Trenton today, with legislators from both parties exhibiting various stages of excitement, shock, dismay, and confusion in conversations up and down...

Retirements are imperiling the legislature’s march towards gender parity

February 8, 2023 1:07 pmFebruary 8, 2023 11:10 pm

With the election of State Sen. Renee Burgess (D-Irvington) last year, the number of women in the New Jersey Legislature reached an all-time high-water mark, with 42 women – more than one-third of the legislature’s 120 members – serving concurrently....

Giblin will run for re-election to Assembly

January 26, 2023 4:30 pm

Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Montclair) said today that he will run for re-election to the Assembly in the 27th legislative district, a substantially redrawn district that puts the longtime Essex County politician with a new set of running mates. Giblin, who...

With 2023 legislative elections fast approaching, who isn’t running for re-election?

January 5, 2023 1:08 pmJanuary 5, 2023 11:23 pm

On Tuesday, State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey) announced that he won’t seek re-election to the State Senate this year, bringing a three-decade career in the legislature to an end. He joins a small but growing cohort of state legislators who...

McKeon has no comment on possible State Senate run

December 15, 2022 3:57 pm

With the boundaries of Essex County’s legislative districts entirely reshuffled for next year’s elections, Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) declined to comment today on the possibility of launching a campaign for State Senate against two Democratic incumbents. “I’ve got no...