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Milam wins Assembly seat

January 29, 2019 11:38 pmJanuary 29, 2019 11:39 pm

Matthew Milam is returning to the New Jersey State Assembly. The Vineland Democrat won a special election on Tuesday night to fill the 1st district Assembly seat to replace Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle). Andrzejczak left the Assembly earlier this month to take...

Milam will get Assembly seat

January 17, 2019 9:25 pmJanuary 18, 2019 11:31 am

Former Assemblyman Matthew Milam (D-Vineland) will return to the Legislature sometime in the next few weeks, two sources confirmed tonight. Milam will fill the vacant 1st district seat of Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle), who resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday to...

Andrzejczak takes Senate seat

January 15, 2019 11:29 pmJanuary 16, 2019 12:34 am

Bob Andrzejczak, awarded the Purple Heart after losing his leg when a grenade exploded during his service as an Army sergeant in Iraq, was sworn in today as the new state senator from the 1st district. Democrats picked Andrzejczak...

Cape May backs Andrzejczak for Senate

January 6, 2019 8:42 pmJanuary 7, 2019 9:49 am

Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak (D-Middle) moved one step closer to the New Jersey State Senate today. As expected, won the endorsement of the Cape May County Democratic organization for the seat vacated last week by Jeff Van Drew, who was sworn in...

Three special election conventions likely in January

December 28, 2018 9:50 am

New Jersey will start the year with a series of vacancies and special elections. State Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) is expected to resign from the State Senate on Monday. He will be sworn in as a member of the...

Testa wants voter ID added to ballot reforms

December 20, 2018 12:50 pmDecember 22, 2018 10:37 am

State Senate Candidate Michael Testa on Thursday called for Gov. Phil Murphy to add a voter ID provision to a slew of voter-access reforms Murphy announced support for on Wednesday. “A statewide Voter ID law would require any potential voter...

Sitting judge dies

November 20, 2018 1:16 pm

Edward Duffy, the municipal court judge in Commercial and Maurice River, passed away on November 18. He was 64. Duffy was a former president of the Cumberland County Bar Association. Duffy served as a municipal prosecutor and solicitor for several...