Tom Giblin Archives - New Jersey Globe

The filing deadline is 17 days away, but primary season is already cooling down

March 10, 2023 4:00 pmMarch 13, 2023 3:13 am

The filing deadline for New Jersey’s 2023 primary is still 17 days away; the primary itself is a full 71 days after that. But thanks in large part to the power of the county line, primary season is already calming...

Timberlake files for long-anticipated State Senate bid

February 21, 2023 12:01 pm

Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake (D-East Orange) has filed paperwork with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission for a State Senate campaign in the 34th district, a long-expected development in a tumultuous year for Essex County politics. Assuming she wins the...

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 16, 2023 12:12 amJanuary 15, 2023 7:34 pm

Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity for...

McKeon has no comment on possible State Senate run

December 15, 2022 3:57 pm

With the boundaries of Essex County’s legislative districts entirely reshuffled for next year’s elections, Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) declined to comment today on the possibility of launching a campaign for State Senate against two Democratic incumbents. “I’ve got no...

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 17, 2022 12:11 amFebruary 9, 2022 2:27 pm

Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity for...

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 18, 2021 12:13 amJanuary 17, 2021 11:30 pm

Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity for...

Joe Kennedy will boost cousin’s House bid

May 19, 2020 11:44 am

Amy Kennedy will get some help from her famous political family tonight when Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Massachusetts) appears on her Facebook Live series tonight to talk about COVID-19 and mental health issues. Kennedy’s has developed her “Connecting South...