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A look at federal, county and municipal races in Cape May County in 2026

July 21, 2026 2:35 pmJuly 21, 2026 4:31 pm

Cape May, New Jersey’s southernmost county, has been one of the Republican Party’s most reliable sources of votes for more than 160 years. Abraham Lincoln lost the county in 1860 but carried it in 1864, beginning a Republican presidential streak...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Warren County in 2026

July 11, 2026 2:06 pmJuly 20, 2026 2:25 pm

Warren County remains one of New Jersey’s most reliably Republican strongholds, where GOP dominance is so entrenched that most county and local races this year—including a seat on the Board of County Commissioners—are uncontested. In the contested ones, the GOP...

How party slogans and ballot draws defined many of New Jersey’s primary contests

June 13, 2026 9:00 amJune 15, 2026 1:47 pm

In New Jersey’s most closely watched primaries, like the expensive Democratic contests for the 7th and 12th congressional districts, voters had lots of ways to learn about the candidates running: through mailers, TV ads, campaign events, and fairly thorough media...

Testa ready to help Murphy take on Booker

June 12, 2026 2:43 pm

State Sen. Mike Testa (R-Vineland) indicated Thursday that he has no hesitation in supporting Republican U.S. Senate nominee Justin Murphy, despite backing a different candidate in the June primary. Murphy, a former deputy mayor of Tabernacle, captured the Republican nomination...

Justin Murphy gets Senate nod to challenge Cory Booker, lead GOP ticket

June 2, 2026 11:59 pmJune 3, 2026 12:01 am

Justin Murphy has emerged as the victor of Republicans’ unpredictable four-way contest for U.S. Senate, the New Jersey Globe projects, putting him at the top of the GOP ticket in what’s shaping up to be a challenging year for New...

Delaney Hall has become a stop on the New Jersey campaign trail

June 1, 2026 12:41 pmJune 2, 2026 1:43 am

Over the last week, the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark has become a powderkeg, with a hunger strike inside the facility’s gates and clashes between protesters and law enforcement outside of them. New Jersey’s Democratic members of Congress...

In U.S. Senate debate, Republicans make the case for how they’d beat Booker

May 28, 2026 10:41 pmMay 30, 2026 9:32 am

Whoever wins the Republican nomination for Senate next Tuesday has a herculean task ahead of them: defeating incumbent Senator Cory Booker and giving New Jersey Republicans a U.S. Senate victory for the first time since 1972. Four Republicans have stepped...