Alter Eliezer Richter Archives

Seven candidates file to run for governor in June primary election

April 5, 2021 10:39 pmApril 6, 2021 11:41 am

Click HERE for the latest update: The dust has mostly settled on New Jersey’s filing deadline, with four Republicans and three Democrats competing to run for governor. Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who became the front runner in January after former...

Deadline to challenge primary petitions is today

April 3, 2020 8:49 amApril 3, 2020 10:26 am

The deadline to file challenges to nominating petitions for the June 2 primary election is at the close of business today. Several candidates risk being tossed off the ballot simply by cutting it close on the number of signatures they...

Seven House candidates file petitions so far

March 17, 2020 5:00 pm

Seven candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives have already filed their nominating petitions to run in the June 2 primary. The filing deadline is March 30, unless Gov. Phil Murphy and the legislature extend it. Political operatives from both...

Richter files to challenge Smith in NJ-4 primary

March 16, 2020 11:48 pm

Alter Eliezer Richter, a Lakewood rabbi who has led public protests against Pride Month celebrations, filed nomination petitions to challenge Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) in the 4th district Republican primary. “Chris Smith is great, but we need a street fighter...