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Judges issues TRO on Camden Democratic slogan

April 2, 2020 12:19 pmApril 2, 2020 12:20 pm

A Superior Court judge today issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting progressive leader Sue Altman from using the “Camden County Democrat Committee, Inc.” slogan on the 2020 primary election ballot. Judge Kurt Kramer has scheduled a final hearing for April...

Cape May clerk rejects progressive nominating petitions

April 1, 2020 3:18 pmApril 1, 2020 3:26 pm

A progressive slate of Cape May candidates formed to bracket with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy has failed to qualify for the June 2 ballot, the county’s top election official said. Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti has rejected...

Progressive slates file in six South Jersey counties

March 31, 2020 7:35 pmApril 1, 2020 11:33 am

Progressives have fielded full slates of candidates for countywide office in six counties with the intention of bracketing with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy. In five of those counties – Cape May, Cumberland, Burlington, Camden and Gloucester – Brigid Harrison...

Booker will run off the line with Harrison in Atlantic, Ocean

March 31, 2020 3:40 pmMarch 31, 2020 9:39 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker will eschew the Democratic organization lines in Atlantic and Ocean counties and is now doubling down on his support of congressional candidate Brigid Callahan Harrison, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Booker has filed a letter...

Van Drew files for second term

March 30, 2020 7:02 pm

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) filed for a second term in the House of Representatives. The former Democrat submitted his nominating petitions with more than 400 signatures. Election officials are still counting the rest. Van Drew is running with the...

Turkavage, Francis, Cunningham file in NJ-2 Democratic primary

March 30, 2020 4:48 pmMarch 30, 2020 7:11 pm

Former FBI agent Robert Turkavage said he filed nominating petitions to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Turkavage told the New Jersey Globe that he hand-delivered petitions with 243 signatures he received while campaigning door-to-door...

Progressives mount challenges against organization slates across the state

March 30, 2020 4:07 pmMarch 30, 2020 4:30 pm

Progressive candidates will run off-the-line slates of candidates for freeholder and other offices in several New Jersey counties, including Hudson, Essex, Union, Middlesex and throughout South Jersey. The South Jersey candidates will be bracketed with congressional candidate Amy Kennedy in...