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New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell has hired a legal team to prepare for an internal investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior, while Gov. Mikie Sherrill has suspended out-of-state travel to avoid triggering a succession crisis. The inquiry, led by former AG Christopher Porrino and Lowenstein Sandler, has been ongoing since early September, with Caldwell denying wrongdoing and maintaining a low public profile.
New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross has filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against The Philadelphia Inquirer and editor Nancy Phillips. The suit alleges that Phillips fabricated notes from a 2019 interview with Susan Bass Levin and funneled them to New Jersey prosecutors, forming the basis of a racketeering case against Norcross that was later dismissed. Norcross claims the notes were false and that Phillips acted out of personal animus stemming from a prior ownership dispute involving her late partner, Lewis Katz. The Inquirer denies directly providing the notes to prosecutors, stating they were shared with a third party. Norcross has pledged to donate any settlement proceeds to public education and safety programs in Camden, Pennsauken, and Philadelphia.
NJ Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill is navigating a secretive internal probe into Lt. Gov.-elect Dale Caldwell over alleged misconduct and ethics concerns, publicly addressing the matter only in broad terms and offering no details to lawmakers or the public; party leaders report little information, Republicans seize on the silence to criticize governance, Caldwell's duties could be reassigned but have not been stripped, and transparency remains a key political test as the investigation continues.
Analilia Mejia won the NJ-11 special election by about 60-40, delivering a district-wide landslide while facing notable pushback in wealthy Jewish suburbs; the outcome reflects strong Democratic turnout but suggests cross-over considerations that could affect future elections in similar districts.