Shavonda Sumter Archives - New Jersey Globe

Calabrese, Pinkin, Sumter praise enactment of polling place notice bill

July 22, 2019 4:10 pmJuly 22, 2019 4:10 pm

Assembly members Clinton Calabrese, Shavonda Sumter and Nancy Pinkin praised the enactment of a bill they sponsored that aims to increase voter turnout. “For many, something as simple as not knowing how to find their polling place can affect their likelihood...

Sumter slams Trump over ‘go back’ tweet

July 22, 2019 2:28 pm

Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter on Monday slammed President Donald Trump over comments he made telling four congresswomen to go back where they came from. “The comments referring to their ethnicity and birthplace were yet another tactless, hateful example of our country...

LD35 legislators skip Murphy’s Paterson presser

June 26, 2019 12:34 pmJune 27, 2019 9:51 am

Democratic legislators representing Paterson skipped out on attending a Press conference Gov. Phil Murphy held there on Wednesday. “We always invite hometown legislators, and I think they legitimately couldn’t be here today,” Murphy said. “Benjie and Shavonda and Nellie have...

Sumter, McKnight decline to say if they’d back budget without millionaire’s tax

June 10, 2019 10:37 amJune 10, 2019 12:00 pm

Editor’s Note: This article’s headline originally said Sumter and McKnight were not ready to back a budget that did not include a millionaire’s tax. Assemblywomen Shavonda Sumter and Assemblywoman Angela McKnight weren’t ready to support a budget that did not...

Can Currie and Schaffer deliver votes against dark-money override?

June 9, 2019 12:01 amJune 9, 2019 11:34 pm

Two Democratic county chairs closely allied with Gov. Phil Murphy are facing tests of strength of Monday when legislators are expected to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would force dark-money groups to disclose their donors. John Currie...

Murphy won’t name Senators he can get to back millionaire’s tax

June 3, 2019 11:33 amJune 3, 2019 2:40 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy wouldn’t name any senators past the four already supporting his proposal for a millionaire’s tax that he thinks he can get to back the plan. “I won’t get into the names. You and I have talked about...

Wimberly endorses millionaire’s tax

May 7, 2019 3:06 pmMay 7, 2019 4:42 pm

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) told the New Jersey Globe that he will support Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to increase the income tax on households with annual incomes of more than $1 million. Wimberly’s running mate, Assembly Majority Conference Leader Shavonda...