Ron Rivers Archives - New Jersey Globe

State Dems walk back Murphy comments

July 2, 2019 6:42 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee walked back comments made by Gov. Phil Murphy, who declined to say if there were any Democratic legislators up for re-election in November who should not be re-elected. “Governor Murphy is the leader of...

Danielsen, Egan win in LD17

June 4, 2019 8:31 pm

The New Jersey Globe is calling the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the 17th district for incumbent Assemblymen Joe Danielsen and Joe Egan. They have defeated progressive challenger Ron Rivers The two will go on to face Patricia Badovinac...

Incumbents in LD22, 17 alone in filing ELEC reports

May 31, 2019 12:30 pmMay 31, 2019 6:32 pm

Incumbents in the 22nd and 17th districts are the only ones there to have filed their 11-day pre-primary reports with the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Assemblyman Joseph Egan reported raising $395,305.53 over the duration of the race and finished the...

Assembly incumbents hold massive cash lead over challengers

May 31, 2019 10:35 am

Incumbents defending their Assembly seats have a massive cash lead over their challengers, according to data released by the Election Law Enforcement Commission Friday. Lawmakers defending their seats had $5.8 banked compared to their challengers’ collective $522,039. “On average, 97%...

Assembly challenger backs Murphy EDA task force

May 9, 2019 9:36 amMay 9, 2019 11:33 am

A progressive challenging two incumbents in the Democratic primary for State Assembly says he supports the work of Gov. Phil Murphy’s task force investigating tax credits offered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. “In an act that can only...

Rivers running off the line in 17th

March 28, 2019 1:43 pmMarch 28, 2019 3:45 pm

Assemblymen Joseph Egan (D-New Brunswick) and Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin) won’t get the party nomination for free this year. The two incumbents are being challenged by Ron Rivers, a small businessman who is running off the line in an effort to...