Shaun Golden Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

Red Bank councilman secures pandemic relief donations from more than 100 elected officials

April 1, 2020 6:57 pm

Red Bank Councilman Hazim Yassin secured donation pledges for the NJ Pandemic Relief Fund from a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 Monmouth County elected officials. “Forget about November, forget about politics, and forget about your election. This is a...

Trump picks his New Jersey delegates

March 31, 2020 12:12 amMarch 31, 2020 1:22 am

Former Gov. Chris Christie will head Donald Trump’s slate of 46 New Jersey delegates to the Republican National Convention, according to a list of candidates designated by the Trump-Pence campaign. New Jersey has ten at-large delegates elected statewide, and each...

Meissner to drop U.S. Senate bid against Booker

February 11, 2020 12:08 pm

Former prosecutor Stuart Meissner will end his bid for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination within the next few days, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Meissner’s path to win the Republican primary has narrowed considerably over the past few weeks...

Bucco steering clear of Morris freeholder race

January 30, 2020 2:32 pm

State Sen. Tony Bucco is staying out of tomorrow’s election t ofill Morris County Surrogate Heather Darling’s seat on the freeholder board. “I’ve made a conscious decision to stay out of that race,” he said. “I think they’re all great...

O’Scanlon won’t rule out run for governor

January 27, 2020 12:14 pmJanuary 27, 2020 3:21 pm

State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon declined to rule out a run for governor Monday, though he indicated he might be satisfied with the Republicans likely to seek the party’s nomination. “I’m not ruling it out, but I’m not seeing my presence...

Bramnick telling county chairs he’s interested in running for governor

January 17, 2020 8:02 pmJanuary 19, 2020 1:29 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick called several GOP county chairs today to let them know that he is strongly considering a bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination next year. “I’m very, very interested in running in 2021 and I simply...