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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...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 20, 2020 12:56 amJanuary 20, 2020 10:15 am

Sheila Oliver, 66, is the first African American to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, and was the first African American woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly. Oliver began her political career as a...

Maps: The race for Assembly in the 39th district

July 2, 2019 9:42 am

In the old days of Bergen County, the towns north of Route 4 were considered reliably Republican. That’s no longer the case. Amidst a suburban political realignment in recent years, Democrats are trying to target numerous suburban GOP legislative districts,...

Stellato plans to leave Bergen Dem chairmanship for Sports Authority post

April 6, 2019 5:03 pmApril 6, 2019 10:14 pm

Bergen County Democratic Chairman Louis Stellato is expected to resign his post in the coming weeks to take a seat on the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. “If I’m going to be the chairman of the Sports and Exposition...