Valerie Vainieri Huttle Archives

Big group of women elected officials calls for abolishing county lines

March 14, 2024 3:19 pmMarch 15, 2024 4:41 pm

A large group of female elected officials and former candidates for elected office released a joint statement this morning calling for the end of the county line, joining a growing chorus of New Jersey politicians who say the line –...

Bhalla, Huttle, Solomon file amicus brief in support of Kim’s anti-line lawsuit

March 13, 2024 12:40 pmMarch 13, 2024 8:13 pm

A quintet of Democratic politicians, each of whom have experienced the effects of the county organizational line in different ways, filed an amicus brief yesterday in support of Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown)’s lawsuit to eliminate the county line. The five...

Vainieri Huttle backs Fulop for governor

November 20, 2023 10:55 amNovember 20, 2023 11:04 am

In an op-ed published in the Bergen Record this morning, former Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) gave her “wholehearted” support to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s Democratic campaign for governor. “Mayor Fulop is steering a distinctive gubernatorial campaign, directly engaging...

Checking in on other notable local primaries

June 7, 2023 5:04 pmJune 8, 2023 10:22 am

In addition to the top-billed primaries for the legislature and county office, dozens of municipalities held contested primaries last night, some of which were hotly contested. Here’s a list – but not an exhaustive one – of consequential results. Atlantic...

Katz Spevak will be Murphy’s new cabinet secretary

May 24, 2023 4:41 pm

With Cabinet Secretary Christine Guhl Sadovy headed to the state Board of Public Utilities after a Senate confirmation vote on Monday, Andrea Katz Spevak will be Gov. Phil Murphy’s next cabinet secretary, the governor announced today. Katz Spevak is currently...

Wirths says he’ll join Turner on legislation banning county lines

February 1, 2023 3:02 pm

A liberal Mercer County Democrat and a conservative Sussex County Republican probably aren’t going to agree on much, politically. But State Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Lawrence) and Assemblyman Hal Wirths (R-Hardyston) have found one policy they both support: banning county organizational...

Young people are significantly underrepresented in Trenton

March 25, 2022 2:44 pmMarch 28, 2022 12:25 am

Does the New Jersey legislature have an age problem? Usually, that kind of question is answered with statistics about just how old politicians are. The average age of a New Jersey legislator, for example, is 58-and-a-half; looking just at the...