Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Paterson) is taking steps toward challenging 87-year-old Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) in the Democratic primary. Sumter confirmed that she is interested in running for the 9th district seat. “I’m taking a chance to be considered to serve...
Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...
Gov. Phil Murphy has picked Tahesha L. Way, his Secretary of State since 2018, as New Jersey’s next lieutenant governor in 2023 following the death of Sheila Oliver. Way became the next in the line of gubernatorial succession and will...
Cory Booker is the first Black candidate to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020 Democratic...
In the 2024 State of the State address he delivered this afternoon, Gov. Phil Murphy touched on many of the topics that have been centerpieces of his gubernatorial administration for years – bringing down health care costs, ensuring abortion access,...
Tahesha L. Way, the daughter of a bus driver and a railroad clerk who served as a county elected official and a judge before becoming Secretary of State, took office today as the third lieutenant governor of New Jersey. Gov...
Gov. Phil Murphy has picked Tahesha L. Way, his Secretary of State since 2018, as New Jersey’s next lieutenant governor and is expected to announce his appointment tomorrow, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Way will succeed Sheila Oliver, who...