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Schmid gains more Democratic organization support

February 20, 2020 8:55 am

Former U.S. Department of State official Stephanie Schmid has picked up the endorsements of two more Democratic municipal chairs in her bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th district. Josh Hodes of Sea Girt and Mike...

Penna, Nelson will seek Monmouth Dem freeholder nod

February 5, 2020 1:10 pm

Democrats Michael Penna and Moira Nelson will mount a second for Monmouth County freeholder against this year and have lined up seventeen municipal chairs to support their bid for the organization line at an open convention next month. Penna and...

Monmouth Democrats will hold open convention for organization line

February 1, 2020 4:22 pmFebruary 3, 2020 12:34 pm

Presidential, U.S. Senate and House candidates will need to win an open convention to run on the Monmouth County Democratic organization line. The March 28 convention will also pick Democratic candidates for county clerk and two seats on the Monmouth...

Monmouth Democrats mandate anti-harassment training for candidates, party leader

January 25, 2020 11:24 amJanuary 27, 2020 8:24 am

Monmouth County Democrats will require all candidates and party leaders to attend anti-harassment training sessions and will deny access to critical campaign tools if they don’t participate. Democratic county chairman David Brown says that he will withhold access to voter...

O’Donnell sometimes billed towns more than 24 hours in a day for legal fees

January 15, 2020 3:53 pmJanuary 16, 2020 1:41 pm

Attorney Matt O’Donnell, the state’s cooperating witness in a corruption sting operation, sometimes billed municipalities in excess of 24 hours in a single day, according to bills submitted to government entities that were reviewed by the New Jersey Globe. O’Donnell...

Licatra will seek Monmouth freeholder seat

January 6, 2020 3:01 pmJanuary 8, 2020 9:04 am

Update: Licitra announced his candidacy on Monday afternoon. The early favorite for an open seat on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders appears to be Ross Licitra, a former narcotics detective who now runs the Society for the Prevention of...

Morris County drops O’Donnell as special counsel

January 4, 2020 6:32 pm

Matt O’Donnell has lost another plumb legal contract. The Morris County Board of Freeholders has dropped O’Donnell, the cooperating witness in a state corruption sting, from their list of attorneys to handle tax appeal work for county government. This is...