Vince Mazzeo Archives - New Jersey Globe

Assembly seeks to delay VBM ballot mailing in response to coronavirus

March 14, 2020 11:53 am

The Assembly will consider a bill on Monday to give county clerks an additional week to mail vote-by-mail ballots for the June 2 primary election. The bi-partisan legislation, sponsored by Assemblymen Vince Mazzeo (D-Northfield) and John DiMaio (R-Hackettstown), is part...

South Jersey Dems fume over GOP inclusion in Murphy ethics reforms

February 24, 2020 7:46 pmFebruary 25, 2020 11:35 am

South Jersey Democrats are incensed over Gov. Phil Murphy’s inclusion of two of their top legislative targets on a package of ethics reform bills unveiled last week. Murphy tapped Assemblyman Ryan Peters (R-Lumberton) and State Sen. Chris Brown (R-Ventnor), who...

Armato won’t rule out Senate bid

February 24, 2020 4:24 pm

Assemblyman John Armato (D-Buena Vista) declined to rule out a bid for State Senate next year. “I don’t like to rule anything out,” he said. “I enjoy what I’m doing very much. I think Assemblyman Mazzeo has pointed me in...

Atlantic sheriff Eric Scheffler endorses Amy Kennedy

February 13, 2020 12:01 pm

Atlantic County Sheriff Eric Scheffler has endorsed Amy Kennedy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district, giving the former public school teacher her first major endorsement from a countywide elected official. “I believe in Amy 1000%,”...

Mazzeo: Senate bid unlikely

February 3, 2020 1:48 pm

Don’t expect Vince Mazzeo to run for a seat in the legislature’s upper chamber. The assemblyman, who won his fourth term in November, said he’d likely remain in the lower chamber, where his growing tenure has secured him a measure...

Jerrel Harvey joins Murphy staff

January 21, 2020 3:19 pmJanuary 21, 2020 11:22 pm

Jerrel Harvey is moving from the South Jersey Democratic world to Gov. Phil Murphy’s staff. Murphy has named Harvey as his new deputy press secretary. He is replacing Matt Saidel, who left his job last week and is relocating to...

Bennett: Still no decision on freeholder seat

January 7, 2020 5:19 pmJanuary 7, 2020 6:49 pm

Atlantic County Freeholder Ashley Bennett still isn’t ready to rule out running for re-election in favor of her bid for the second congressional district’s House seat. “It’s very early to tell. We’ll see what happens,” Bennett said Tuesday. “I made...