Valerie Vainieri Huttle Archives

“Women for Josh” to boost Gottheimer re-election bid

June 8, 2020 12:10 pm

A group of women elected officials in Bergen County have formed a “Women for Josh” group to back the re-election campaign for Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wykoff) in New Jersey’s 5th district. “In Congress, Josh has been a leader on so...

Vainieri Huttle on Supreme Court pick: ‘progress is happening here in New Jersey’

June 5, 2020 6:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of New Jersey’s first black Supreme Court Justice, Fabiana Pierre-Louis, has the backing of Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood). “Across our 50 states, 33 states do not have a woman of color on their highest court....

Montclair State University professor Brigid Callahan Harrison is considering running against Jeff Van Drew.

Harrison raises $258k

April 10, 2020 9:00 pmApril 11, 2020 3:30 pm

Political Science professor Brigid Callahan Harrison has raised $258,345 for her bid for the Democratic congressional nomination in New Jersey’s 2nd district. The 1st quarter campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission is the first in the race...

Six Bergen Democratic legislators endorse Gottheimer

March 3, 2020 5:00 pmMarch 3, 2020 6:19 pm

Democratic legislators representing two Bergen County districts have endorsed Rep. Josh Gottheimer for re-nomination in the Democratic primary against Glen Rock councilwoman Arati Kreibich. The six Democrats – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck), State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus), Assembly...

Coughlin creates two new Assembly committees

January 17, 2020 12:07 pmJanuary 17, 2020 2:37 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has created two new committees, splitting the Health and Senior Services and the Housing and Community Development panels. Herbert Conaway, Jr. (D-Delran) will chair the Assembly Health Committee and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) will lead the...

Bill honoring Siperstein approved by Assembly panel

December 10, 2019 12:14 pm

A bill to honor New Jersey civil rights icon Babs Siperstein was approved by an Assembly committee on Monday, clearing the way for a vote by the full Assembly during the lame duck session. The proposal calls for the renaming...

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...