Valerie Vainieri Huttle Archives

Johnson, Vainieri Huttle win re-election

November 5, 2019 8:01 pmNovember 5, 2019 7:52 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Democratic incumbents Gordon Johnson and Valerie Vainieri Huttle have been re-elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in the 37th district. They defeated Republicans Angela Hendricks and Gino Tessaro. Johnson was elected in...

Clean Water Action backs 12 Assembly Democrats

October 23, 2019 11:59 amOctober 23, 2019 12:10 pm

An environmental group endorsed 12 Democrats seeking terms in the legislature Wednesday, though few of those endorsements went to competitive Democrats running in competitive districts. Clean Water Action backed Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker in the 16th legislative district and both of...

Vainieri Huttle on Remembering 9/11

September 11, 2019 1:40 pm

(TRENTON) – On the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), chair of the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee, released the following statement: “Every American remembers where they were on the...

The bi-partisan beach caucus

August 2, 2019 12:31 pmAugust 2, 2019 12:44 pm

Just for fun and laughs — and not a lot of business — New Jersey’s bi-partisan beach caucus got together at the Jersey shore: Acting Gov. Sheila Oliver, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and his wife, Tish, along with DiAnn Gove...

New Law: Johnson, Vainieri Huttle & Wimberly Bill Encouraging Development & Use of “Smart Guns” in NJ

July 16, 2019 1:00 pm

(TRENTON) – Establishing performance standards for personalized handguns, also known “smart guns” and “child-proof guns,” legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Gordon Johnson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Benjie Wimberly was signed into law today by Governor Phil Murphy. A personalized handgun...

Bergen Dems turn out for fundraiser headlined by Juliano

July 10, 2019 8:20 pmJuly 11, 2019 9:25 am

Bergen County’s Democrats are behind Paul Juliano. They sent that message loud and clear at a fundraiser for the East Bergen First Leadership Committee Wednesday evening that featured most of the county’s top Democrats, State Democratic Chairman John Currie and...

In open letter to rape victim, Vainieri Huttle says judges should resign

July 3, 2019 6:33 pmJuly 4, 2019 12:18 pm

Dear “Mary”, I, like so many, read a recent New York Times article detailing the two separate ways in which you have been brutalized: once by a rapist and once by a misogynistic judge. In 2016 Brock Turner was given...