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Murphy worked the phones to put the genie back on the bottle for Currie

September 29, 2019 6:03 pmSeptember 30, 2019 11:02 am

Gov. Phil Murphy personally called several county chairs this weekend to help repair possible leakage in support for the re-election of Democratic State Chairman John Currie, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The Globe first reported on Saturday that a...

Mercer Democratic legislators toe the line on millionaire’s tax

June 7, 2019 3:23 pm

Two more legislators joined a growing movement of Assembly Democrats who say they would vote for a millionaire’s tax if they could, but since they can’t, they won’t. Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) and Anthony Verrelli (D-Hopewell) said they personally support a...

Reynolds-Jackson, Verrelli in 15th 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 15th district for incumbents Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) and Anthony Verrelli (D-Hopewell). They have defeated their primary opponent, former Trenton Councilman Alex Bethea. Reynolds-Jackson and Verrelli will...

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...