Shanti Narra Archives - New Jersey Globe

Here’s who’s on the early shortlist to succeed Watson Coleman in Congress

November 10, 2025 12:53 pmNovember 10, 2025 4:55 pm

The retirement of Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) in New Jersey’s 12th congressional district next year means a competitive primary – with no county lines – for a safely Democratic, heavily diverse Central Jersey seat that includes parts of four...

Democratic commissioners secure reelection in Middlesex

November 5, 2024 9:47 pm

Middlesex County Commissioners Ronald Rios and Shanti Narra, both Democrats, handily secured another term Tuesday, the New Jersey Globe can project. As of 9:46 p.m., the Democrats led the Republicans by about 29%-21%. The pair ran unopposed in their primaries...

Sherrill PAC raises $180k to support women candidates

September 13, 2024 5:03 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair)’s Gateway to Leadership PAC hosted its third annual “Elect More Women” event yesterday evening and brought in $180,000, well up from the $100,000 the same event raised last year. The money will go towards electing women...

County convention season (mostly) comes to an end this weekend

March 14, 2024 12:20 pmMarch 14, 2024 7:47 pm

After more than a month of hopping from county to county, meeting thousands of county committeemembers and learning each county Democratic organization’s obscure convention rules, Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) and First Lady Tammy Murphy will soon finally be free. The...

Narra to get leadership role in Middlesex

April 22, 2021 9:50 am

Shanti Narra will become the new deputy director of the Middlesex County Board of Commissioners, becoming the first South Asian American to hold a leadership role in county government. She is replacing Kenneth Armwood, who died last month at age...

Middlesex commissioners didn’t want to run with Bhagia

April 7, 2021 9:36 pmApril 8, 2021 9:16 am

Three Democratic candidates for Middlesex County Commissioner – incumbents Ronald Rios and Shanti Narra and Commissioner-designate Chanelle McCullum – have endorsed Sam Joshi in the upcoming Edison Democratic primary. The three officials said they wrote to the Democratic county chairman,...

Coughlin picks Middlesex freeholder for NJ Transit board

June 22, 2020 9:18 am

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has named Shanti Narra, a Middlesex County freeholder, as his appointee to the New Jersey Transit board. “A commuter herself, Freeholder Narra is well known in my home county of Middlesex for her sense of fairness...