Val Demings Archives - New Jersey Globe

Val Demings backs Donald Payne for re-election

April 7, 2022 10:33 pm

A nationally prominent Black congresswoman has endorsed Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark), the second Black congressman in New Jersey history, making it more difficult for a primary opponent to argue that the re-election of the incumbent was marginalizing Black women...

Sherrill wants Biden to consider Duckworth for VP

March 22, 2020 6:00 amMarch 22, 2020 11:53 pm

Freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) is ready for a woman vice president and says that U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is at the “top of her list” of candidates Joe Biden ought to consider as his running mate. “She’s a veteran. ...

Biden ends Booker VP hopes

March 15, 2020 10:33 pmMarch 15, 2020 10:48 pm

Joe Biden says he’ll pick a woman as his running mate, essentially ending speculation that Cory Booker could wind up as a vice presidential candidate if Biden wins the Democratic nomination for president. In turn, that puts a stop to...

Watson Coleman thinks Biden or Sanders should run with ‘woman of color, or a person of color’

March 6, 2020 2:22 pmMarch 7, 2020 12:06 pm

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) says she’s not ready to endorse a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, but thinks it’s time for a woman or person of color – maybe both – to run for vice president with either...