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A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Initial legislative map proposals leave some incumbents behind

February 8, 2022 5:22 pmFebruary 8, 2022 7:14 pm

Whenever a new political redistricting process begins, one of the most frustrating things to account for is where incumbent legislators already live. Those tasked with redistricting want to draw as logical a map as possible, but they also frequently have...

ICYMI: Here’s what’s happened since Friday morning

January 17, 2022 12:04 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and State Sen. Jon Bramnick joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC this weekend. Don’t miss Wildstein on John Wallace and congressional redistricting. Click PLAY to listen: As...

There’s no such thing as a perfect legislative map

January 14, 2022 2:26 pm

Last Saturday, Legislative Apportionment Commission tiebreaker Philip Carchman released an eight-page document outlining his requirements for the state’s next legislative map and laying out a series of standards he hopes the redrawn districts will fulfill. Among those standards are compactness,...

Where New Jersey’s legislative races stand with nearly all votes counted

November 11, 2021 2:35 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:10 pm

Today marks nine days since last Tuesday’s tumultuous election, in which Jack Ciattarelli came uncomfortably close to upsetting Gov. Phil Murphy and Democrats faced unexpected legislative losses. Not every vote has been counted, nor has every result been determined –...

Jaffer now leads Panico by 286 in 16th district Assembly race

November 4, 2021 3:50 pmDecember 17, 2021 3:10 pm

Democrat Sadaf Jaffer now has a 286-vote lead in her bid for State Assembly seat in the 16th legislative district over Republican Vinny Panico after more votes were counted in Hunterdon and Somerset counties. Jaffer was 218 votes ahead this...

Just 218 votes separate Jaffer, Panico in Assembly race

November 4, 2021 9:35 amDecember 17, 2021 3:09 pm

The race for State Assembly in the 16th district remains too close to call, although Democratic incumbent Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough) has amassed a clear lead for one of the seats. Freiman’s running mate, former Montgomery Mayor Sadaf Jaffer, now has...