Rodney Frelinghuysen Archives

Saily Avelena, Executive Director of NJ 11th for Change, will be campaign manager for John Currie's re-election bid/

Avelenda to manage Currie re-election bid

November 26, 2019 9:22 amNovember 26, 2019 1:04 pm

Saily Avelenda, a progressive leader who played a key role in forcing Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen into retirement, will serve as campaign manager for Democratic State Chairman John Currie’s re-election campaign. The executive director of NJ 11th for Change, the grassroots...

State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco, left, with his late father, State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco. Photo courtesy of Facebook.

It’s Election Day in New Jersey, again

November 21, 2019 12:56 amNovember 21, 2019 11:00 am

Good Morning, New Jersey. For the third time in five weeks, it’s Election Day in the 25th legislative district, where 277 Republican County Committee members will vote to fill a vacant seat in the New Jersey State Assembly. The winner...

Frelinghuysen endorses Aura Dunn

November 19, 2019 8:55 amNovember 19, 2019 1:51 pm

Former Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen has endorsed former top staffer Aura Dunn in her bid for State Assembly in the 25th district. “Aura would make an excellent assemblywoman, as she is conversant with every conceivable issue that faces our state,” Frelinghuysen...

Photo of Morris County Sheriff James Gannon

Gannon still has no interest in challenging Sherrill

November 10, 2019 3:46 pmNovember 11, 2019 10:27 am

Morris County Sheriff James Gannon is still not running for Congress next year, even though Republican leaders continue to tout him as a challenger to freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in New Jersey’s 11th district. Gannon told the New Jersey...

Race for Bucco’s seat could get crowded

November 9, 2019 10:58 pmNovember 11, 2019 10:56 am

The field of candidates to fill the remaining seven weeks of Anthony M. Bucco’s term in the State Assembly appears to be growing in advance of the November 14 filing deadline. Bucco resigned from the Assembly on October 24 after...

Aura Dunn enters race for Bucco Assembly seat

November 6, 2019 8:40 amNovember 6, 2019 9:49 am

Aura Dunn has announced her candidacy for the 25th district State Assembly seat that Anthony M. Bucco vacated in October to replace his late father in the Senate. Republicans will hold a special election convention on November 21 to fill...

Peggy Nelson, worked for Frelinghuysen, Morris GOP officials, dies at 78

November 3, 2019 8:54 am

Peggy Harding Nelson, a vibrant and respected political insider who served as Rodney Frelinghuysen’s district director and worked for several other prominent Morris County elected officials, died on October 25. She was 78. Nelson began working in the district office...