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Kornacki takes the helm of MSNBC weekend morning show
PolitickerNJ.com (then-PoliticsNJ.com) alumnus Steve Kornacki has been named the new host of MSNBC’s “Up” which airs Saturdays and Sundays from 8-10 a.m. ET.
Read More >Buono to campaign tomorrow with Booker
Democratic gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18) and Newark Mayor Cory Booker will embark on a Listening Tour along Wilson Avenue and Ferry Street in Newark tomorrow.
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Source: Christie shows up at NJEA screening
A political enemy of the New Jersey Teacher's Association (NJEA), Gov. Chris Christie this evening attended the teachers' union screening process, according to a source.
Read More >Report: Essex County Freeholder alleged to have left scene of accident
Essex County Freeholder Leonard Luciano allegedly left the scene of an accident this morning, a one-car smash-up with a tree, according to a report in the Alternative Press.
Read More >Report: Grand Jury investigating Menendez
A federal grand jury in Miami is investigating Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), according to a report in the Washington Post.
Read More >Condolences to Raj Mukherji and family
The staff at PolitickerNJ.com would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Jersey City Deputy Mayor Raj Mukherji and his fiancée - Natasha Alagarasan, an Associate Producer at NY1 News - on the loss of his father, Asim Mukherji, 71, of Lakewood, NJ. Mr. Mukherji died today in his native Calcutta, India following a brainstem stroke.
Read More >Report: Todd Christie joins Ernst and Young
Todd Christie, the younger brother of Gov. Chris Christie, has joined Ernst & Young as director of the firm’s Northeast Practice Market Team, according to a report in Accounting Today.
Read More >Lewitinn announces Senate candidacy in LD37
Social media entrepreneur Lawrence Lewitinn has announced he will run on the Republican ticket for Senate in LD37.
Read More >Holley goes Hollywood
Roselle Mayor Jamel Holley's brother, former Dallas Cowboy/New England Wide Receiver Jesse Holley, has signed a deal with Sony pictures who will produce a movie titled "Jesse Holley."
Read More >Alexander gets Obama love but no Essex organization support
President Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager Julianna Smoot donated to Mark Alexander's LD 34 State Senate campaign, joining a group of former Obama staffers supporting Alexander's effort.
In addition to serving as deputy campaign manager in 2012, Smoot was White House Social Secretary, Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk.
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Buono officially chooses O'Donnell
ATLANTIC CITY – The Democratic Party’s presumptive gubernatorial nominee officially tapped Jason O’Donnell as chairman of the state party.
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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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