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Pennacchio, Barranco, Webber win in the 26th district

November 2, 2021 8:10 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:20 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville) and Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) have won re-election to the 26th legislative district, and that Republican Christian Barranco has won his first term in the legislature. The...

Gill, Giblin, Timberlake win in the 34th district

November 2, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:52 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Nia Gill (D-Montclair), Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Montclair), and Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake (D-East Orange) have won re-election to the 34th legislative district. They defeated Republicans Scott Pollock, Tafari Anderson, and Irene DeVita,...

Ruiz, Pintor Marin, Speight win in the 29th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:33 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark), Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Newark), and Assemblywoman Shanique Speight (D-Newark) have won re-election to the 29th legislative district. The single candidate who filed to run against them in...

Rice, Caputo, Tucker win in the 28th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:31 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark), Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley), and Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) have won re-election to the 28th legislative district. They defeated Frank Contella, Anthony D’Angelo, and Monique Headen, respectively, for...

Codey, Jasey, McKeon win in the 27th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 4:23 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. and former Gov. Richard Codey (D-Roseland), Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-South Orange), and Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) have won re-election to the 27th legislative district. Codey defeated former Republican Essex County...

Ex-assemblyman indicted on conspiracy, fraud charges

October 15, 2021 6:35 pmOctober 17, 2021 9:46 am

Th U.S. Attorney’s office today announced the indictment of former Assemblyman Carmelo Garcia (D-Hoboken) for his role in a bribery scheme, eleven months after federal prosecutors first first charged him. Garcia and former Springfield Board of Education President Irwin Sablosky...

George Richardson, former assemblyman first elected in 1961, dies at 90

October 11, 2021 12:01 amOctober 11, 2021 10:52 pm

George C. Richardson, a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s, died on September 24. He was 90. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve...