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Democratic former NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney enters 2025 race for governor
Steve Sweeney, a former top Democratic lawmaker who lost in a stunning 2021 upset to Republican Ed Durr, announced he is running for governor of New Jersey in the 2025 election to succeed the term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy.
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Democrats fend off challenges to retain control of majorities in NJ's Legislature
New Jersey Democrats kept control of their legislative majorities on Tuesday, holding the line against Republican challenges as well as flipping seats in pivotal Senate races and Assembly contests
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Democrats fight off Senate challenge, pick up Assembly seats in NJ
New Jersey Democrats ousted a populist Republican state senator in New Jersey, fended off challenges in three state Senate contests and flipped three Assembly seats from GOP control.
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Republicans are vying for control of New Jersey's Legislature for the first time in over two decades
Control of New Jersey’s Legislature is at stake in the November 7 election and Republicans are optimistic and have campaigned on the premise that Democrats have retained power for too long.
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New Jersey governor, lawmakers announce deal on property tax break for seniors
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and fellow Democratic leaders in the Legislature announced a deal Wednesday on a sweeping property tax rebate plan that had been a sticking point amid negotiations over the state’s more than $50 billion budget. Murphy, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Senate President Nicholas Scutari said homeowners 65 and older who make $500,000 or less will…
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Republican Ed Durr and Democrat Dick Codey fend off incumbent challenges in NJ primary
Republican state Sen. Ed Durr defeated his former running mate in Tuesday’s primary. On the Democratic side, Sen. Dick Codey, with nearly five decades of legislative experience, won against incumbent Sen. Nia Gill.
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Bodycam Video Shows Tense Standoff Before NJ Police Shooting of Peace Activist
A five-hour-long standoff between police in Paterson, New Jersey, and a well-known anti-violence worker in the city — that ended with officers fatally shooting him in his brother’s apartment — began with sobbing pleas from the man’s mother to end the ordeal. Details released this week by the New Jersey attorney general’s office, including hours of body-camera footage from...
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Murphy Says New Jersey Will Expand AP Black History Classes
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday that his administration is expanding Advanced Placement African American Studies courses next year from one school to 26 in New Jersey after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked the course from being taught in public schools in Florida. Murphy’s move comes about a month after the administration of DeSantis, a potential presidential candidate, declared without...
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NJ Charges Paterson Officer Who Shot, Wounded Fleeing Person in the Back
New Jersey’s top law enforcement official brought criminal charges Monday against a police officer he said shot a fleeing person in the back, wounding him severely. Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the state filed charges of second-degree aggravated assault and official misconduct against Paterson Police Officer Jerry Moravek. The charges stem from a June 2022 incident in which Moravek saw…
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Former Aide to NJ Senate President Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Charges
The former top aide to New Jersey’s Senate president pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to wire fraud and tax evasion charges stemming from political consulting work he did over a five-year period ending in 2018. Tony Teixeira, 43, admitted that from 2014-2018 he worked with Sean Caddle — who made headlines this year when he admitted to engineering the...
