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Budget seat goes to Addiego

January 13, 2018 12:05 am

State Sen. Dawn Addiego (R-Burlington) now has a seat on the powerful Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. She was re-elected to the Senate by a narrow 52%-48% margin last November. Two Republican seats opened up on the panel following the...

Judiciary shrinks to 11 members

January 12, 2018 11:35 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee will have two less members this year, with Senate President Steve Sweeney and Minority Leader Tom Kean agreeing not to fill the seats of two Senators who did not seek re-election. The powerful panel, which must...

Crystal Ball ratings on NJ House races

January 12, 2018 1:54 pm

New House race rankings by Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics leaves Frank LoBiondo’s open NJ-02 seat in the Toss-Up column, Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11) and Leonard Lance in the Leans Republican, Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) as...

Lesniak’s first Senate opponent dies

January 12, 2018 9:15 am

Alfred Palermo, who was Ray Lesniak’s first Republican opponent for State Senator, passed away on Monday at the age of 90. His death came on Lesniak’s last day in the Senate. A Linden real estate and insurance broker, Palermo ran...

Assembly lawyer, campaign staffer to Counsel’s office

January 10, 2018 1:52 am

A veteran lawyer for the State Assembly and a former clerk to Chief Justice Stuart Rabner will assume top posts in the Chief Counsel’s office when Phil Murphy becomes Governor next week. Murphy has named Kate McConnell and Parimal Garg...

Sweeney dumps Sacco as Transportation chairman

January 9, 2018 11:04 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney has removed Nicholas Sacco (D-Hudson) as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and replaced him with Bob Gordon (D-Bergen). This comes as no surprise, since Sacco aligned himself with factions of the Democratic party that had...

Kean calls for bi-partisan approach

January 9, 2018 7:03 pm

As Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Union) prepares to work with his third Governor, Democrat Phil Murphy, some insiders believe he’ll like his job better. Kean had a strained relationship with Chris Christie, who tried to oust him two...