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Five GOP county chairs will attend Tom Kean announcement

April 16, 2019 3:52 pmApril 16, 2019 7:55 pm

Sending a strong signal that Tom Kean, Jr. is the top choice of Republicans to challenge freshman Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) in 2020, five GOP county chairmen from New Jersey’s 7th district are expected to attend Kean’s formal announcement...

Prijten wrote racially-charged blog post in 2010

April 4, 2019 8:14 pmApril 5, 2019 9:16 am

Editor’s Note: This story was updated with comment from Jay Townsend at 9:16 a.m. on April 5. House candidate Reinier Prijten in 2010 wrote a racially-charged blog post that suggested the United States’ Visa Waiver Program made the country vulnerable...

Some Republicans warm to Rooney for U.S. Senate

January 24, 2019 5:07 pm

New Jersey Republicans like the idea of Matt Rooney running for the United States Senate. The founder of Save Jersey, a conservative blog that boasts a large following among Republican activists in the state, Rooney has built a name for...

Longtime Roseland GOP councilman charged with criminal misconduct

May 15, 2018 7:47 pmMay 18, 2018 9:18 am

Longtime Roseland councilman Richard Leonard faces calls for his resignation from Republican leaders after being charged with criminal misconduct by the Essex County Prosecutor. First reported by NJ Advance Media and the Caldwell Progress, Leonard allegedly sought a right-of-way for...

More than 3,000 attend Stack rally

April 26, 2018 10:34 pmApril 27, 2018 5:52 pm

Union City Mayor Brian Stack can throw one hell of a party. More than 3,000 people, as many standing in aisles or watching the event on screens outside the as there were in seats, came out to support the Stack...

A great NJ labor union feud and the last Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race

April 22, 2018 2:51 pmApril 23, 2018 11:36 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs, labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts in...

The 2020 House Short List

April 17, 2018 9:55 amApril 18, 2018 10:18 am

If Patrick Murray is right and New Jersey sends twelve Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives next year, the state would brace for another cycle of competitive congressional races in 2020 – this time with a mostly new crop...