Sue Altman Archives - New Jersey Globe

DeGise rejects open primary for president in Hudson

January 14, 2020 9:19 am

Hudson County Democrats will settle on a single presidential candidate to be on their organization line in the June primary, county chair Amy DeGise told the New Jersey Globe. DeGise dismissed the option of holding an open primary for any...

What happens if Booker doesn’t run for re-election to the Senate

December 31, 2019 3:50 pmJanuary 7, 2020 5:00 pm

The filing deadline for the June 2020 primary is less than three months away and Cory Booker has not yet announced if he will seek re-election to the United States Senate. Booker is at 3% in two national polls released...

Camden GOP: Van Drew will need to ‘screen like everyone else’

December 16, 2019 8:38 amDecember 16, 2019 11:26 am

Progressives drove Jeff Van Drew out of the Democratic Party, according to Camden County Republican Chairman Richard Ambrosino. “I guess attempting to infiltrate our municipal campaigns, at least one Assembly campaign and calling our elected officials and offering ‘help against...

Altman: Van Drew defection unsurprising

December 14, 2019 5:14 pm

NJ Working Families director Sue Altman was not surprised by news of Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s impending party switch Saturday. “No one who knows Jeff Van Drew’s career is surprised by today’s party switch. Everyone in New Jersey politics was...

NJ Working Families sues EDA over public records

December 11, 2019 12:23 pmDecember 11, 2019 3:26 pm

New Jersey Working Families sued the Economic Development Authority over repeated delays in its response to a request under the Open Public Records Act originally made on Aug. 15. The progressive group sought emails between EDA staff and employees at...

Smith hasn’t heard from AG’s office over Altman removal

December 9, 2019 3:27 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith said he hasn’t heard from the attorney general’s office in relation to its investigation of the removal of an activist from a Senate committee hearing last month. “We called and said ‘when are you coming for...

New Jersey Working Families executive director Sue Altman being removed by the New Jersey State Police from a Senate hearing on November 18, 2019. Photo courtesy of Twitter via Pranshu Verma.

Senate threatens subpoena for State Police probe of Altman removal

December 5, 2019 9:34 amDecember 5, 2019 11:38 am

The New Jersey State Senate will subpoena the internal State Police investigation into the removal of progressive leader Sue Altman from a Senate committee hearing last month if the Attorney General’s office refuses to publicly disclose the report’s findings. “The...