Shaun Golden Archives - New Jersey Globe

Pezzullo wont rule out challenging Gopal

November 9, 2020 9:36 pm

Conservative businessman Richard Pezzullo is a possible candidate against Democratic State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) in the 11th district, some Republicans have told the New Jersey Globe. Pezzullo was not ready to discuss a possible Senate bid next year....

Is there an Ocean-Monmouth GOP alliance in the offing?

October 2, 2020 9:17 pmOctober 2, 2020 9:19 pm

A joint fundraiser being conducted by Republican organizations in Ocean and Monmouth counties later this month has fueled some speculation that the two GOP strongholds might move as a block in support of a single gubernatorial candidate in next year’s...

Monmouth GOP suit seeks to reinstate postmark requirement for late-arriving ballots

September 25, 2020 4:29 pm

The Monmouth County Republican Committee sued the state Thursday, asking the courts to strike a provision allowing mail-in ballots that reach election officials in the 48 hours after polls close to be counted regardless of whether they bear a postmark....

Indomitable force of the Ocean GOP line is key factor in ’21 gubernatorial primary

July 27, 2020 12:38 amJuly 27, 2020 11:40 am

The show of force by Ocean County Republicans in the recent U.S. Senate and congressional primaries potentially changes the math for next year’s gubernatorial primary to pick an opponent for Gov. Phil Murphy. The Ocean GOP organization line produced almost...

Millstone GOP embroiled in bitter fight over party finances amid pandemic

April 10, 2020 6:01 pm

Republicans in a sleepy Monmouth town are carrying out a bitter fight over control of the local GOP organization as politics most everywhere else in the state have ground to a halt amid the COVID-19 crisis. The conflict between Millstone...

Onuoha to seek GOP House nomination as a write-in candidate

April 10, 2020 2:07 pmApril 10, 2020 8:10 pm

Christian Onuoha will seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 6th district as a write-in candidate after failing to obtain the 200 signatures to get him on the ballot in the July 7 primary election. Onuoha’s lone rival...

GOP congressional candidate says he’s pro-life, with an exception for liberals

April 3, 2020 2:16 pmApril 3, 2020 2:35 pm

A Republican congressional candidate in New Jersey’s 6th district urged his liberal political opponents to terminate pregnancies Thursday. “I am 100% anti-abortion. Unless it comes to liberals,” Sammy Gindi said in a since-deleted Tweet. “Please do the rest of America...