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Five ways of looking at the LD26 GOP primary

May 26, 2023 4:45 pmMay 30, 2023 10:25 am

At first glance, New Jersey’s 26th legislative district, a staunchly Republican district based in Morris County, is not the most obvious place for a highly competitive GOP primary. Its three incumbents – State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville), Assemblyman Jay Webber...

LD26 incumbents well ahead in fundraising

May 16, 2023 1:57 pmMay 17, 2023 2:30 pm

Facing a challenge from several current and former officeholders, the slate of incumbent Republican lawmakers in the 26th legislative district has a huge financial edge ahead of the June 6 GOP primary. State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville) has a whopping...

DeCroce hits back, says Bergen doesn’t get anything done

May 4, 2023 2:04 pmMay 4, 2023 3:42 pm

Former Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) hit back today at Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville)’s attacks on her attendance record, highlighting her history of accomplishments and saying that Bergen gets little done in the legislature. Bergen, who will face DeCroce in next...

Pennacchio, Bergen hit opponents for shoddy attendance records

April 27, 2023 1:34 pmApril 27, 2023 1:34 pm

As they fight for renomination against a slate of off-the-line challengers in the 26th legislative district, State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville) and Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) both slammed their opponents today for supposedly having poor attendance records in their elected...

What’s at stake in New Jersey’s ballot draw

April 5, 2023 5:06 pmApril 6, 2023 2:24 pm

Tomorrow, New Jersey will celebrate its most obscure yet consequential holiday: ballot drawing day, when county clerks conduct lotteries to determine the layout of primary ballots. Every slate that includes a contingent of county commissioner candidates has the ability to...

A look at the 13 legislative districts hosting contested primaries in 2023

March 29, 2023 12:04 pmMarch 29, 2023 12:55 pm

Filing day has come and gone; though petition challenges and write-in candidacies could still shake some things up, we basically know who is running for the New Jersey Legislature this year and who isn’t. A total of 258 candidates filed...

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...