State Sen. Joseph Cryan (D-Union) has endorsed Senate President Nick Scutari for re-election in 2027, both for his Senate seat in the 22nd district and for Union County Democratic chairman. “Nick has proven he’s the effective leadership we need in Trenton and in Union County for the foreseeable future,” said Cryan. The endorsement is further…Read More >>

The leader of the state Senate is officially taking sides in the race to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), joining other Union County Democrats to endorse Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp for Congress. Senate President Nicholas Scutari, also the Democratic chair of Union County, announced his endorsement of Mapp on Friday. Mapp is one of…Read More >>

Rebecca Bennett has won the endorsement of the Union County Democrats, giving her the backing of the 7th congressional district’s largest and most formidable county party organization. Under Union County Democratic rules, only the 12 municipal chairs from the 7th district are allowed to participate in the district’s endorsement votes. Bennett received six votes on…Read More >>

TRENTON – The Senate Labor Committee voted today to advance legislation sponsored by Labor Committee Chair Senator Joseph Lagana and Senate President Nick Scutari that would provide workers’ compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who suffered illness, injury, or who died as a result of responding to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Under the…Read More >>

When Andrew Macurdy and Vincent Kearney were campaigning for the state Assembly last year, voters complained repeatedly about New Jersey’s notorious unaffordability. The two Democrats said they empathized. Kearney’s a cop whose wife has worked as a custodian, school lunch server, and crossing guard. Macurdy’s children, ages 2 and 4, are in day care. “It’s…Read More >>