Robert Smith Archives - New Jersey Globe

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

The story of a N.J. Assembly Democratic feud and the ‘seven southern castaways’

January 31, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 31, 2022 12:04 pm

The decision of Democrats to dump Steve Sweeney, the former Senate President, from his seat on the Legislative Apportionment Commission, has led to speculation – so far unfounded, that South Jersey will retaliate through diminished cooperation with the Gov. Phil...

Arline Friscia, former Middlesex assemblywoman, dies at 84

October 18, 2019 11:52 amOctober 19, 2019 11:31 am

Arline M. Friscia, who served eight years as a New Jersey assemblywoman where she sponsored a law top expand the state’s family leave law, died on Wednesday. She was 84. In 1995, Friscia unseated Republican incumbents who had captured Middlesex...

Black ministers threaten to punish legislators who bail on millionaire’s tax

June 7, 2019 3:57 pmJune 9, 2019 12:05 am

A group of politically-active black ministers on Thursday arrayed to back Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal for a tax of the state’s millionaires, promising to consequences on legislators who don’t end up backing the policy. “We ask that the legislature cooperate...

Janice Kovach seeks re-election

April 3, 2019 10:14 amApril 3, 2019 12:02 pm

Clinton mayor Janice Kovach, the secretary of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee since 2007, is seeking re-election to a third term as mayor. She will run with councilman Michael Humphrey, who ousted incumbent Marty Pendergast in a 2018 special...

Murphy names Gilmore ally to Lottery Commission

January 18, 2019 11:46 pmJanuary 18, 2019 11:50 pm

Robert James D’Anton, a Democratic fundraiser with ties to Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore, has been nominated by Gov. Phil Murphy for another term on the New Jersey Lottery Commission. Gilmore was indicted last week on federal tax evasion...

Houghtaling gets committee chairmanship

January 16, 2019 10:39 amJanuary 16, 2019 11:22 am

The new chairman of the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling (D-Neptune). Speaker Craig Coughlin announced Houghtaling’s appointment today. He will replace Bob Andrzejczak (D-Dennis), who resigned from the Assembly yesterday to take his seat in...