David Wildstein

The Inside Edge with Zach Blackburn: East Rutherford Here I Come x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The open seat race for Bergen County Surrogate, Republicans are running an 82-year-old. Democrats went for someone younger; their candidate is just 78. newjerseyglobe.com/campaigns/in-b…

Sad to learn that Sam Raia, a former N.J. Republican State Chairman and ex-Saddle River mayor, has died. newjerseyglobe.com/in-memoriam/sa…

Precinct map of 14,717 VBM votes in #NJ11 special between Analilia Mejia (D) and Joe Hathaway (R) South Orange 97% Dem / 🔵 385 🔴 11 Montclair: 97% Dem / 🔵 679 🔴 21 Maplewood: 96% Dem /🔵 473 🔴 18 Glen Ridge: 94% Dem / 🔵 194 🔴 13 Bloomfield: 88% Dem / 🔵 427 🔴 59

Assemblyman Sean Kean faces foreclosure of his Monmouth County home and an IRS lien for unpaid taxes. newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/go…

A State Assembly panel today approved the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey. newjerseyglobe.com/voters/voting-…

A noteworthy new proposal from @RepNellie: banning ICE raids within one mile of World Cup matches. Potentially a big issue in Pou’s district, which is both plurality Hispanic and home to the stadium where the World Cup final will be held. newjerseyglobe.com/congress/nelli…

The Inside Edge with David Wildstein: Bucket List x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Shanel Y. Robinson easily wins the NJ-12 endorsement: Sue Altman: 4 Brad Cohen: 3 Adam Hamawy: 4 Squire Servance: 0 Sam Wang: 5 Shanel Robinson: 100

Bennett wins on the first ballot: 12 for Megan O’Rourke 29 for Brian Varela 2 for Tina Shah 25 for Michael Roth 80 for Rebecca Bennett newjerseyglobe.com/congress/somer…

Breaking: @RebeccaForNJ07 has won the endorsement of the Union County Dems, who make up the largest share of the vote in NJ-7. Only municipal chairs are allowed to vote in Union endorsements; Bennett beat Tina Shah 8-4 on the second ballot.

Showing St. Patrick's Day is a bipartisan holiday in New Jersey, here's Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill doing shots with Passaic County Republican Chairman Peter Murphy at his bar in Totowa last night. Democratic County Chairman John Currie won't be bad: he was there too.

The Inside Edge with Joey Fox: Super PAC Tuesday x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The final two party endorsements in the Dem primary for Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s NJ-2 are in: Ocean Democrats are supporting Tim Alexander, while Gloucester Democrats are staying neutral (much like they did in 2022 and 2024). newjerseyglobe.com/congress/glouc…

Our tour of studios continues tonight. We’ve got a giant wall here too, although not quite as big as last week’s. We’ll be live at 8 ET. Illinois can be slow and inscrutable with returns but let’s see what happens. I’ll probably throw in some trivia questions and cheap prizes.

Favorite email of the day came from John Donnadio

A Superior Court Judge has dismissed a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former ELEC Executive Director Jeff Brindle on summary judgment.

“A federal judge threw a top prosecutor from the New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office out of his courtroom during a sentencing hearing this week and demanded that the office’s leadership testify about who had authority over their actions” nytimes.com/2026/03/17/nyr…

When it comes to Newark history, former Star-Ledger reporter Guy Sterling is a legend. So on St. Patrick's Day, we're honored to run his column on Bill Brennan, a former Newark City Commissioner and the father of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/gu…

The Inside Edge with David Wildstein: Miniaturized Boss x.com/i/broadcasts/1…