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With Doherty departing, jockeying for his Senate Judiciary seat will soon begin

October 6, 2022 5:09 pm

State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Oxford) will likely be leaving the State Senate early next year to become Warren County Surrogate, depriving the chamber of its most stalwart conservative – and leaving a spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee, among the...

Vulnerable Republicans face difficult choices in next week’s budget vote

June 24, 2022 4:20 pmJune 27, 2022 1:38 pm

The New Jersey State Budget is, by its very nature, an unwieldy document. Faced with hundreds of pages detailing exactly where every cent of the state’s money will go in the upcoming fiscal year, no typical New Jerseyan is going...

Nine election bills advance out of Senate committee

June 23, 2022 6:06 pmJune 23, 2022 10:06 pm

Nine election bills advanced through the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee today which would enact a variety of changes concerning mail-in balloting, poll workers, overseas voters, ballot privacy, early voting locations, campaign finance, and police at...

Purdy succeeds Davis as Atlantic GOP chairman

March 28, 2022 8:05 pmMarch 28, 2022 8:10 pm

Former Galloway Mayor Donald Purdy was elected Atlantic County Republican Chairman tonight, winning a special election after 16-year incumbent Keith Davis stepped down. WPG radio personality Harry Hurley reported that Purdy won by acclamation. ”Keith has been a great working...

Purdy will challenge Davis for Atlantic GOP chairman, Hurley reports

March 14, 2022 2:13 pmMarch 14, 2022 7:01 pm

Keith Davis, who has been the Atlantic County GOP Chairman for sixteen years, will face a challenge from former Galloway Mayor Donald Purdy, according to WPG Talk Radio host Harry Hurley. Purdy is allied with the new state senator from...

Raft of election reforms passes Senate committee

March 3, 2022 12:04 pmMarch 3, 2022 4:26 pm

The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism, and Historic Preservation Committee advanced a set of five election-related bills today, including two notable bills that would raise poll worker pay and allow for earlier vote counting, both of which have failed in...

Miles named to Atlantic election post

March 1, 2022 3:49 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy nominated Atlantic County Democratic Vice Chair Audrey Miles on Monday to serve as Deputy Superintendent of Elections. Last year, Murphy renominated Superintendent of Elections Maureen Bugdon, a Republican, to another five-year term. The deputy post was created...