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Civil rights group spar over county committee seats

April 15, 2019 5:51 pm

Two civil rights advocacy groups are in a spat over a state law requiring equal halves of the state’s county committee seats be filled by members of both sexes. In February, Garden State Equality sent a letter to State Attorney...

Janice Kovach seeks re-election

April 3, 2019 10:14 amApril 3, 2019 12:02 pm

Clinton mayor Janice Kovach, the secretary of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee since 2007, is seeking re-election to a third term as mayor. She will run with councilman Michael Humphrey, who ousted incumbent Marty Pendergast in a 2018 special...

Madrid, Caliguire win GOP lines for Assembly in Mercer, Middlesex

March 16, 2019 4:13 pmMarch 19, 2019 8:36 am

Former Montgomery Mayor Christine Madrid and former Somerset County freeholder Mark Caliguire won the GOP organization lines for State Assembly in Mercer and Middlesex counties, creating just a little more chaos in the race to oust incumbents Andrew Zwicker (D-South...

Conservative Republican seeks to become New Jersey’s first transgender legislator

March 15, 2019 12:05 amMarch 15, 2019 12:00 pm

Conservative Republican Jennifer Williams is seeking to become New Jersey’s first openly transgender state legislator. Williams, the Trenton GOP municipal chair, is seeking the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 15th district, where incumbents Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) and Anthony...

Hunterdon GOP picks Zach Rich to run for freeholder

March 13, 2019 4:27 pm

Hunterdon County Republicans voted Tuesday night to endorse West Amwell mayor Zachary Rich for an open seat on the Board of Freeholders. Rich defeated Delaware deputy mayor Charles Herman and Bethlehem mayor Paul Muir to secure party backing for the...

Hunterdon GOP backs Caliguire, Locandro for Assembly in 16th

March 13, 2019 4:19 pm

Hunterdon County Republicans have endorsed former Somerset County freeholder Mark Caliguire and 24-year-old Forest Locandro for State Assembly in the politically competitive 16th district. They defeated former Montgomery mayor Christine Madrid and former Rocky Hill mayor Ed Zimmerman at last...

Al Gaburo says too early to endorse in 16th district Assembly race

February 13, 2019 4:06 pmFebruary 13, 2019 6:51 pm

Somerset County Republicans are waiting for the field to fill out before deciding who the organization will back in the 16th legislative district, County Chairman Al Gaburo told the New Jersey Globe. “I don’t think, at this point, the field...