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Scutari sells out baseball fundraiser

July 2, 2019 8:41 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) hosted his 8th Annual Night at the Ballpark this evening at Citi Field, a $1,500-per-person fundraiser attended by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and retired New York Mets outfielder Mookie Wilson. Scutari picked one...

Linden considering Jim Devine for local PR contract

June 18, 2019 6:00 pm

The Linden City Council will vote tonight on Mayor Derek Armstead’s proposal to award a public relations contract to a company run by controversial political consultant Jim Devine and his life partner, perennial candidate Lisa McCormick, according to the council...

Once a GOP stronghold, Westfield now leans Democratic

June 16, 2019 12:13 pmJune 17, 2019 9:14 am

Westfield was a solidly Republican town for more than a century, but it’s become a Democratic-leaning swing town in recent years. Bramnick finished second in Westfield when he ran for re-election in 2017, finishing 222 votes behind Democrat Lacey Cotter...

Westfield gun scare could hurt Bramnick re-election

June 16, 2019 11:43 amJune 17, 2019 8:43 am

The arrest of a man found in a parking lot of a Westfield elementary school holding a .45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets will likely impact an already competitive race for State Assembly in the 21st district, where one of...

Gunderman ouster a surprise to Assembly candidate

June 12, 2019 1:24 pmJune 12, 2019 5:11 pm

Assembly candidate Stacey Gunderman did not know New Providence Democratic Municipal Chairwoman Rupa Kale would seek the role before Monday, when Kale’s surprise candidacy pushed Gunderman to withdraw and avoid a re-election bid to the head of the town’s Democratic...

Scutari re-elected Union County Dem chairman

June 11, 2019 8:20 pmJune 12, 2019 10:06 am

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari was re-elected to his seat at the head of Union County’s Democratic Committee Tuesday. The chairman ran unopposed. “I want to say thank you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve in this capacity,”...

Scutari re-elected Union County Democratic Chairman

June 11, 2019 7:54 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) was re-elected Union County Democratic chairman on Tuesday evening without opposition. Story coming soon.