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Antwan McClellan could affect legislative redistricting

October 27, 2019 6:55 pm

New Jersey hasn’t had an African American Republican legislator since Tom Smith (R-Asbury Park) died in 2002. That could change next month, if Antwan McClellan wins his bid for State Assembly in the potentially close 1st district Assembly race. A...

U.S. Navy veteran killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried in Clayton on Saturday

September 13, 2019 9:39 pmSeptember 14, 2019 10:23 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered flags to fly at half-staff on Monday to honor U.S. Navy veteran Harold “Bud Costill, who was an 18-year-old sailor on the USS West Virginia when he was killed in when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor...

Daniel Parisi, elected Gloucester freeholder at 23, dies at 77

July 20, 2019 12:16 pm

Daniel Parisi, who was 23 when he unseated an incumbent in a 1965 race for Gloucester County Freeholder, died on July 10. He was 77. Parisi defeated Republican incumbent Joseph Grochowski by 131 votes, 52%-48%. In those days, Gloucester County...

Burzichelli, Taliaferro in 3rd district

June 4, 2019 8:01 pmJune 3, 2019 10:55 pm

The New Jersey Globe is calling the Democratic primary for State Assembly in the 3rd district for incumbents John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro) and Adam Taliaferro (D-Swedesboro). They have defeated their primary opponent, John Kalnas. Burzichelli and Taliaferro will face Republicans Beth...

Gloucester GOP joins youth movement

April 1, 2019 5:58 pm

Andrea Sammons is the latest addition to a list of millennial Republicans stepping up to run for office in counties where the GOP has struggled to win in recent years. Sammons, 23, will run for Gloucester County freeholder against incumbents...

Woodbury Heights councilman Jake Jacob dies at 85

January 20, 2019 2:43 pm

Eshia “Jake” Jacob, who was serving his 9th term on the Woodbury Heights Borough Council, passed away on January 17. He was 85. Jacob ran for the council thirteen times and won nine of his races. Jacob made his first...

Pelosi pick for Climate Crisis panel has Jersey ties

December 28, 2018 1:29 pm

The new chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has ties to New Jersey politics. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Florida) is the granddaughter of the late Joseph L. Bowe, who served as mayor of Glassboro from 1959 until...