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Gloucester GOP line goes to Ciattarelli

January 21, 2021 1:24 pmJanuary 21, 2021 1:27 pm

Gloucester County Republicans awarded their organization line to gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli on Thursday, GOP County Chair Jacci Vigilante has announced. “Now that the gubernatorial primary field is set it is time for all of us to pull in the...

Camden gives Ciattarelli his first line

January 19, 2021 9:10 amJanuary 19, 2021 10:05 am

The Republican organization line for governor in Camden County will go to former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli after the party’s executive committee signed off during a conference call. This is Ciattarelli’s first official designation of a line. While he had previously...

Stanfield expected to challenge Addiego for 8th district Senate seat

January 12, 2021 12:17 pmJanuary 12, 2021 1:17 pm

Republican Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield will challenge party-switching State Sen. Dawn Marie Addiego in the 8th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Stanfield, a proven vote-getter who won five terms as Burlington County Sheriff, gives Republicans their strongest possible...

Ryan Peters won’t seek re-election to State Assembly

January 12, 2021 12:14 pmJanuary 12, 2021 1:11 pm

A 38-year-old Republican legislator widely viewed as a rising star in New Jersey politics will not seek re-election to a third term in the State Assembly this year in order to spend more time with his family. Ryan Peters, a...

The story of Ken Faulkner, and how Thelma Witherspoon might wind up a commissioner anyway

January 5, 2021 8:34 amJanuary 5, 2021 9:48 am

If a judge’s decision to toss the results of the 2020 Atlantic County Commissioner election holds up on appeal, Democrats have a strong argument to fill the seat on an interim basis – possibly with the candidate who got the...

80 drivers who deliver Meals on Wheels ratify first union contract

December 21, 2020 12:41 pm

Eighty drivers employed by the South Jersey Transportation Authority have ratified their first union contract since organizing as part of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 196. According to the New Jersey AFL-CIO, the drivers are...

Camden freeholder director will back Murphy, not law partner Steinhardt

December 11, 2020 8:09 pmDecember 12, 2020 12:40 pm

Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr., one of South Jersey’s most influential Democratic elected officials, has made it clear that he will back Gov. Phil Murphy and not his law partner, Doug Steinhardt. Steinhardt announced today that he will...