Vincent Kearney Archives - New Jersey Globe

Kearney signals support for Palmieri-Mouded Senate bid

October 5, 2026 8:38 pmOctober 5, 2026 8:38 pm

Freshman Assemblyman Vinnie Kearney is signaling that he is likely to back Union County Commissioner Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded for State Senate next year, offering effusive praise for her potential candidacy while stopping short of a formal endorsement. Kearney (D-Garwood), who also...

Union County Commissioner will take on Bramnick for Senate in 2027

October 1, 2026 9:15 amOctober 1, 2026 2:55 pm

Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded, a three-term Union County Commissioner, will seek the Democratic nomination for State Senate in 2027, setting up a serious and well-financed challenge to incumbent Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) in the competitive 21st legislative district. “This was a tough personal...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Somerset County in 2026

July 8, 2026 4:23 pmJuly 9, 2026 3:57 pm

For more than a century, Somerset County stood among New Jersey’s premier Republican strongholds. It backed Herbert Hoover over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, remained reliably Republican through the New Deal and postwar eras, and...

Package of ICE and immigration bills go to Sherrill’s desk

March 23, 2026 5:03 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s desk now holds three bills meant to stifle the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration operations after both chambers of the state Legislature passed the package over the raucous objections of legislative Republicans. One bill would bar law enforcement...

Coughlin shuffles committees as Legislature gears up

January 30, 2026 3:36 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has shifted the Democratic majority on the powerful Assembly Budget Committee from 10-5 to 11-4 after Republicans lost five seats in last year’s election. Coughlin added Democrats Al Abdelaziz (D-Paterson) and Avi Schnall (D-Lakewood) to the...

Meet the New Jersey State Assembly Class of 2025

January 13, 2026 11:06 amJanuary 17, 2026 1:27 pm

Twelve new Democrats will join the New Jersey General Assembly at noon today. After ousting five incumbent Republicans in the November general election, Democrats today expand their majority to 57-23, their largest caucus since the 1973 Watergate landslide. Craig Coughlin...

Mapping Assembly Democrats’ dominant night

November 14, 2025 4:59 pmNovember 17, 2025 8:38 am

Assembly Democrats went into Election Day just hoping to play solid defense. On a solid night, they would’ve held all their Assembly seats. On a great night, Democrats would’ve picked up two or three. They ended up nabbing five. Now,...