Bob Andrzejczak Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bender joins Public Strategies Impact

June 13, 2023 9:41 am

Samantha Bender, until recently a senior legislative aide to Gov. Phil Murphy, has joined Public Strategies Impact (PSI) as a lobbyist. “I am delighted that Samantha Bender has joined our PSI team,” PSI managing partner Roger Bodman said in a...

Dispatches from a wild week in N.J. politics

January 28, 2022 10:19 pm

The 2021 elections are over, the next major set of elections aren’t for four months, and the state legislature has only just started to rev up its 2022-23 session – and yet it’s still been an action-packed week in New...

Testa breaks record for 1st district Senate candidates

November 17, 2021 8:38 pm

Republican Michael Testa, Jr. (R-Vineland) has set records for the biggest plurality ever recorded for a State Senate candidate in the 1st legislative district, and for the most total votes received. Testa defeated Democrat Yolanda Garcia Balicki by 16,975 votes,...

Republicans crushing Democrats in 1st legislative district fundraising

October 12, 2021 12:28 pm

Democrats held the 1st legislative district as recently as 2019, but fundraising reports released today by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) show that the party does not seem to be mounting a strong effort to take back...

Dim Democratic hopes in the 1st legislative district as parties turn sights elsewhere

August 3, 2021 11:05 amSeptember 14, 2021 10:04 am

For 12 years, Democrats could call New Jersey’s 1st legislative district their own. Led by then-State Sen. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis), the Democratic Party held the district’s Senate seat and both Assembly seats for 6 consecutive cycles between 2007 and...

Testa has nearly $74,000 banked moving into re-election year

February 1, 2021 1:02 pm

State Sen. Michael Testa (R-Vineland) had $73,753 banked in preparation for his bid for a full term in the chamber at the start of the new year. He brought in $155,773 last year, including $38,934 in the fourth quarter. He...

Testa endorses Ciattarelli

January 13, 2021 6:55 pm

State Sen. Michael Testa, Jr. (R-Vineland), the Cumberland County Republican Chairman, will support Jack Ciattarelli for governor. Testa, who praised Doug Steinhardt when he entered the race last month, becomes the ninth county chairman and third state senator to endorse...