Sue Altman Archives - New Jersey Globe

Mazo, McCormick file suit over slogans

July 3, 2020 9:29 amJuly 3, 2020 10:13 am

Two House challengers filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Tahesha Way and a handful of county clerks over statutes requiring candidates to get permission from individuals or incorporated entities to named in campaign slogans. Rutgers University Law professor Eugene...

New Jersey Working Families endorses Watson Coleman re-election, Oseguera against Sires in NJ-8

June 25, 2020 12:35 pmJune 25, 2020 2:10 pm

New Jersey Working Families has endorsed Hector Oseguera for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th district, where he is challenging eight-term Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) in the July 7 Democratic primary. The grassroots group is also backing Rep. Bonnie...

Harrison campaign quotes Altman in response to Kennedy’s call to reject super PAC support

June 24, 2020 2:52 pmJune 25, 2020 12:26 am

Now that a super PAC tied to Democratic powerhouse George Norcross is now running ads in New Jersey’s 2nd district primary, Amy Kennedy wants Brigid Callahan Harrison to call on the General Majority PAC to stay out of the race....

Judge rejects bid to force progressives to pay legal fees on petition challenge

June 17, 2020 6:03 pm

A Superior Court Judge today rejected a bid by four county clerks and the Camden County Democratic Organization to recover legal fees they spent defending a lawsuit filed by progressives trying to get on the ballot in some South Jersey...

Working Families backs Surrency re-election bid

June 16, 2020 4:37 pm

New Jersey Working Families has endorsed Cumberland County Freeholder Jack Surrency for re-election, along with candidates for local office in Piscataway. Surrency is running off-the-line after being denied party support for a second term. Working Families is also backing his...

Opinion: Mobster-Style Intimidation Won’t Stop the Progressive Movement in South Jersey

May 1, 2020 4:11 pmMay 1, 2020 5:27 pm

OPINION This week, Jim Beach, the Camden County Party Chair attacked me and Collingswood activist Kate Delany in an email and desperate follow-up “op/ed”. The vitriol in this letter is proof that our progressive movement is gaining power in SJ....

South Jersey progressives drop lawsuit on petitions

April 23, 2020 11:54 amApril 23, 2020 6:23 pm

A group of South Jersey progressive candidates who had sought to challenge Democratic organization candidates in Camden, Cape May and Gloucester counties have withdrawn a lawsuit seeking to have the rejection of their nominating petitions reversed. Christopher Orlando, the Camden...