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Judge tosses Assembly candidate in 5th district

April 8, 2019 9:27 pm

An administrative law judge today knocked Woodbury councilman Theodore Johnson, Jr. off the ballot for State Assembly in the 5th district, leaving incumbent William Spearman (D-Camden) and William Moen unopposed in the June 4 Democratic primary. Running on the “Democrats...

Basketball legend Vic Carstarphen slated for Camden council seat

March 28, 2019 5:55 pm

Vic Carstarphen, a legendary high school basketball player, will run for an open seat on the Camden City Council. Carstarphen will take the Ward 2 seat of Brian Coleman, who is not seeking re-election. The city’s Democratic leadership has endorsed...

Egan Jones wants successor to be a woman

March 18, 2019 4:11 pmMarch 18, 2019 4:14 pm

Assemblywoman Patricia Egan Jones (D-Barrington) wants a woman to fill her seat after she leaves the legislature. “I would hope it would be a female. I have a feeling it won’t be, but no,” Egan Jones said when asked if...

Spearman wins

November 6, 2018 8:26 pmNovember 7, 2018 4:34 am

Assemblyman William Spearman won in the fifth legislative district special election to serve out the remaining year of his term. Spearman defeated Republican Nicholas Kush by 16 points, 58% to 42%. The Assemblyman received 38,341 votes to Kush’s 20,506. Spearman was appointed...

Spearman raises $11k in bid to hold Barclay Assembly seat

October 21, 2018 3:09 pm

Assemblyman William Spearman (D-Camden), who won a special election to the 5th district seat after Arthur Barclay resigned after being arrested on domestic violence charges, has raised $11,500 and has $4,384 cash-on-hand. Nicholas Kush, the Republican candidate, has not reported...

Kush to run for Assembly

September 13, 2018 1:29 pmSeptember 13, 2018 1:45 pm

Republicans have picked Nick Kush, a retired Teamster and father of a well-known GOP political consultant, as their candidate for State Assembly in the 5th district special election. Kush will face Assemblyman William Spearman (D-Camden) in the race for the...

Spearman takes seat in Assembly

June 30, 2018 3:37 pmJune 30, 2018 11:38 pm

William Spearman was sworn in to his seat in the the New Jersey State Assembly today, three days after winning a special election convention to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Arthur Barclay last week. Barclay resigned last...