Steve DeMicco Archives - New Jersey Globe

The time an assemblyman won off the line

June 1, 2019 9:12 pm

It’s not uncommon for legislators to be dumped from the organization line and those who fight back hardly ever win. One of the most memorable examples of an assemblyman winning without party support was in 1979, when the Middlesex Democratic...

Footage from Murphy campaign used in dark money ads

May 28, 2019 12:01 amMay 28, 2019 1:07 am

One of Gov. Phil Murphy’s staffers makes a cameo appearance in a TV ad paid for by a dark money non-profit that is narrated by Murphy. The circumstances are complicated. The aide to the governor appears in b-roll that was...

17th is one of eight NJ legislative districts where Dems are undefeated

March 11, 2019 12:02 amMarch 10, 2019 10:52 pm

New Jersey’s 17th legislative district has been occupied by just Democrats since the state first adopted a 40-district map in 1973. It’s one of eight districts that Republicans have never won. The New Brunswick-based district has 61,309 Democrats, 15,526 Republicans...

Murphy emissaries aid chief of staff search

January 11, 2019 4:27 pm

There’s one thing – perhaps the only thing – Donald Trump and Phil Murphy have in common: neither can find a chief of staff. The search for one of the most powerful insider positions in state government has been going...

Murphy solicited funds for New Direction NJ

January 9, 2019 1:57 pmJanuary 9, 2019 4:38 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he has previously solicited funds for a non-profit run by his former campaign aides. “Soliciting money for New Direction New Jersey in my life? Yes,” Murphy said when asked if he had helped raise funds for...

Coughlin favors transparency on Murphy-aligned non-profit

January 7, 2019 7:07 pmJanuary 8, 2019 3:15 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin on Monday suggested that a non-profit group with ties to Gov. Phil Murphy should disclose its donors, adding to similar calls made by Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean and Murphy himself. “I’m...

Kean: Murphy-aligned group should disclose donors

January 4, 2019 4:40 pm

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean has added his name to the list of New Jersey lawmakers calling for a non-profit aligned with Gov. Phil Murphy to follow through on a since-broken promise to release a list of its donors. “They...