Sam Thompson Archives - New Jersey Globe

13 newcomers win safe-seat legislative primaries unopposed

June 6, 2023 8:01 pmJune 6, 2023 8:49 pm

The New Jersey Legislature will be gaining dozens of brand-new members in this year’s elections – and a huge number of them just won their primaries unopposed. In the 9th district, based in Ocean County, two new Republicans will soon...

Diegnan, Thompson back Noriega for Supreme Court

June 1, 2023 12:09 pmJune 1, 2023 3:53 pm

Two Middlesex County Democrats, State Sens. Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield) and Sam Thompson (D-Old Bridge), said today that they’ll support Michael Noriega’s nomination to the New Jersey Supreme Court, giving Noriega 18 of the 21 votes he needs for Senate...

Dems have voter registration edge in 30 of 40 legislative districts

May 2, 2023 11:17 amMay 3, 2023 2:23 pm

After breaking Democrats’ one million-voter advantage last month, New Jersey Republicans continued making modest voter registration gains in April, according to the New Jersey Division of Elections’ May 1 report. Republicans added 3,005 new voters in the month of April...

Elections Transparency Act heads to governor’s desk

March 30, 2023 3:35 pmMarch 30, 2023 10:12 pm

On a bipartisan but controversial vote, both chambers of the New Jersey Legislature passed the so-called Elections Transparency Act today; the bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Phil Murphy, who is widely expected to sign it. The vote...

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...

Ocean Dems pick legislative candidates in deep-red districts

March 23, 2023 10:29 amMarch 23, 2023 10:29 am

Ocean County Democrats have chosen their legislative ticket for 2023, running full slates in four strongly Republican districts. In the 9th district, covering southern Ocean County, Democrats will run Little Egg Harbor Democratic municipal chairman Gabriel Franco for the Senate...

The filing deadline is 17 days away, but primary season is already cooling down

March 10, 2023 4:00 pmMarch 13, 2023 3:13 am

The filing deadline for New Jersey’s 2023 primary is still 17 days away; the primary itself is a full 71 days after that. But thanks in large part to the power of the county line, primary season is already calming...