Vincent Prieto Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sacco will retire from State Senate, plans to endorse Stack for re-election

February 24, 2022 8:53 am

Nicholas Sacco will not seek re-election to the New Jersey State Senate in 2023, ending a 30-year stint in Trenton and clearing the path for Brian P. Stack to keep his Senate seat after the hometowns of the two Hudson...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 17, 2022 12:22 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:18 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Sacco, Jimenez, Mejia win in the 32nd district

November 2, 2021 8:02 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:40 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen), Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez (D-West New York), and Assemblyman Pedro Mejia (D-Secaucus) have won re-election to the 32nd legislative district. Sacco defeated Republican Juan Barbadillo; the Assembly incumbents...

Bramnick says GOP will lose if their only message is ‘simply hating Murphy’

June 30, 2021 9:47 am

The top Republican in the State Assembly says that his party will not win elections simply by hurling venomous insults at the state’s Democratic governor, Phil Murphy. “The path to victory for New Jersey Republicans is not simply hating Phil...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 18, 2021 12:12 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:14 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Caliguire out at North Jersey Water

June 15, 2020 2:36 pmJune 15, 2020 7:00 pm

Todd Caliguire is gone from his $174,00-a-year job at the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission. The former Republican gubernatorial candidate, who survived the first 30 months of Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration, departed the utilities agency two weeks ago, the...

Barlas to lead GOP legislative redistricting; names emerge for Democratic seats

April 2, 2020 9:00 amApril 2, 2020 7:48 pm

GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt has tapped Al Barlas to serve as the Republican chairman for legislative redistricting. Steinhardt named Barlas as one of five Republican commissioners on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission that will draw new Senate and Assembly districts...