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Sweeney fundraiser for Buono exceeds goal
Senate President Steve Sweeney helped raise more than $50,000 for gubernatorial hopeful Barbara Buono, according to a source.
Read More >The faces in the room
In the euphoric Fulop crowd tonight could be glimpsed the faces of numerous political insiders...
Read More >Christie admin. legal foe nominated to Rutgers board
Attorney William Tambussi, who has argued on behalf of state Democrats in several legal cases against Republicans and the Christie administration, was nominated by the governor today to the Rutgers Board of Governors.
Read More >Union official gets six months on embezzlement charges
The president of Local 148 of the Production Workers Union was sentenced today to six months in prison for conspiring with the secretary-treasurer/recording secretary to steal money from the union by taking unauthorized salary increases and bonuses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Read More >Sweeney to host Buono fundraiser
The Senate President will host a fundraiser Tuesday in honor of presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Barbara Buono.
Read More >Senators Caught on Tape: "Confiscate, Confiscate, Confiscate"
Second Amendment rights advocates are fuming today over words from three Democratic state senators caught on tape after Thursday's hearing on the upper chamber's gun control package.
Read More >Governor to headline county GOP fundraisers next week
Gov. Chris Christie will be the featured attraction at fundraisers next week for key GOP county organizations.
Read More >Watson Coleman seeks support for O'Donnell
Sources told PolitickerNJ.com that Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-15), chair of Barbara Buono’s gubernatorial campaign, reached out to Democratic Party leaders Thursday night in an attempt to coalesce support for the next Democratic State Party chairman.
Read More >O'Donnell looking like the man
Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell (D-31) had separate meetings with party leaders on Wednesday, sources say.
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Source: Menendez unhappy with O'Donnell as chair
Add U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's name to the list of Democrats around the state unhappy with the choice of Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell as state party chairman.
Read More >Op-Ed
Time to have the talk we hope to avoid but can’t
By Tedford J. Taylor No topic is a less likely conversation-starter than our eventual deaths. Still, there is a lot to talk about. When polled, about 90 percent of people presented with end-of-life scenarios prefer the prospect of dying at home with... Read More >
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