Teresa Ruiz Archives - Page 16 of 17

Ramos raises $75k for 2022

July 22, 2018 4:16 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:42 pm

Newark City Councilman Anibal Ramos raised more than $75,000 last week at a fundraiser for his 2022 re-election campaign. The funds could be used to run for mayor, if incumbent Ras Baraka decides not to seek re-election to a third...

Murphy offers a compromise

June 26, 2018 5:21 pmJune 27, 2018 1:50 pm

After two days of decreased tension in Budget negotiations, Gov. Phil Murphy has offered legislators a compromise that includes provisions sought by both Murphy and legislative leaders. Murphy, in a letter to Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin...

Three Newark council races head to runoff

June 11, 2018 12:01 amJune 25, 2018 4:26 pm

Voters in three wards will go to the polls on Tuesday when a runoff election for a trio of seats on the Newark City Council. The most watched race is in the East Ward, where five-term councilman Augusto Amador faces...

Ruiz to walk for Baraka candidates

May 31, 2018 5:47 pmJune 1, 2018 1:33 am

The three of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s City Council candidates facing runoff elections are getting aid from someone a bit higher up on the state’s political pecking order. State Senate President Pro Tempore Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) said on Thursday that...

Sen. Teresa Ruiz on Jerry Green

April 19, 2018 2:24 pm

State Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) issued a statement this afternoon on the death of Assemblyman Jerry Green: “Jerry Green embraced life in much the same way as his radiant smile engulfed colleagues in the State House and constituents in...

Everything is hunky-dory in Newark’s North Ward

March 15, 2018 1:49 pmMarch 15, 2018 8:00 pm

While a warette is brewing in Hudson and Union County healing the wound of a fight for county chairman and a congressional seat, it’s noteworthy that Newark’s North Ward – once the site of some of New Jersey’s fiercest political...

Ruiz back Scutari for County Chairman

January 30, 2018 6:00 pm

Senate President Pro Tempore Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) has endorsed her colleague, State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) for Union County Democratic Chairman. “I have personally seen Nick Scutari fight to defend our Democratic principles. Nick has stood with me to fully...