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Martin names Balmir as Hamilton administrator

January 15, 2020 12:44 pmJanuary 15, 2020 12:47 pm

Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin has longtime Democratic political operative T. Missy Balmir to serve as the new township business administrator. Balmir has worked for U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, Gov. Jon Corzine, Senate President Steve Sweeney, Rep. Rush...

Former Long Hill committeeman joins Morris freeholder race

January 14, 2020 12:27 pm

Former Long Hill township committeeman Bruce Meringolo will run in a special election convention for Morris County Freeholder on February 1, becoming the eighth candidate in the race for Heather Darling’s seat. Darling resigned from the Board of Freeholders on January 1...

DeGise rejects open primary for president in Hudson

January 14, 2020 9:19 am

Hudson County Democrats will settle on a single presidential candidate to be on their organization line in the June primary, county chair Amy DeGise told the New Jersey Globe. DeGise dismissed the option of holding an open primary for any...

C. Robert Sarcone, former senator and gubernatorial candidate, dies at 94

January 13, 2020 6:30 pm

Former State Sen. C. Robert Sarcone (R-Newark), the former Minority Leader of the New Jersey State Assembly and a candidate for the GOP nomination for Governor in 1977, died on January 12. He was 94. A talented trial lawyer and...

Norcross dropped DiVincenzo Super Bowl party five months ago, memo shows

January 13, 2020 1:53 pmJanuary 13, 2020 3:10 pm

An InsiderNJ report that Democratic leader George Norcross pulled his participation in Joseph DiVincenzo’s annual Super Bowl party in Puerto Rico over Essex County Executive’s endorsement of Gov. Phil Murphy’s re-election and the fight over the state party chairmanship is...

DiVincenzo endorses Murphy for re-election

January 13, 2020 8:27 amJanuary 13, 2020 10:57 am

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for re-election next year, a move that indicates a thawing between the Essex-South Jersey Democratic alliance and almost certainly clinches Murphy’s chances of winning a Democratic primary. “I wanted to...

Grayzel will challenge Bucco for state senate seat

January 12, 2020 8:20 pmJanuary 13, 2020 3:36 pm

Morris Township Committeeman Jeff Grayzel, the first Democrat to serve as mayor in the onetime GOP stronghold, will challenge Republican Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) for State Senate. Bucco won a special election convention for the 25th district Senate seat last...