Colleen O’Dea has spent her entire career reporting New Jersey news and won numerous state and national journalism awards and fellowships. She joined NJ Spotlight News in 2011 and now serves as its data reporter, as well as covering general assignment topics that include elections, politics, criminal justice, social issues and affordable housing.
While New Jersey holds its state legislative elections during odd-numbered years, two unexpired terms are on the 2020 general election ballot, both in north Jersey’s ...