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NJ PBA releases 2019 endorsements

September 17, 2019 12:37 pm

There were few surprises in the list of endorsements the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association released Tuesday. The police union endorsed incumbents in most of the state’s districts and usually endorsed candidates of a single party in a given...

Murphy talks guns in 25th, without Democrats and with criticism of Bucco

September 11, 2019 5:00 pmSeptember 11, 2019 7:28 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy was in Morristown on Tuesday to announce an executive order on gun safety, but the Democratic candidates in a hotly contested race for State Assembly skipped the event. Democrats Lisa Bhimani and Darcy Draeger did not attend...

Maps: the ’17 Assembly races

September 11, 2019 11:40 am

Looking to November, Democrats hope to further pad their super-majority in Trenton, by flipping the 8th, 21st and 25th legislative districts, all of which of which were decided by narrow margins in 2017. Meanwhile Republicans hope to make dents in...

GOP wants Zwicker, Freiman to pledge opposition to drivers licences for illegal immigrants

September 10, 2019 7:15 pmSeptember 10, 2019 8:36 pm

Republican Assembly candidates are jumping on Gov. Phil Murphy’s support of drivers licenses for illegal immigrants as an issue in a competitive race in the 16th district. On Monday, Murphy called providing drivers licenses of illegal immigrants a ‘no-brainier,’ injecting...

Bateman ready to go to bat for Caliguire, Madrid

September 10, 2019 2:11 pm

State Sen. Kip Bateman has already offered aid to Mark Caliguire and Christine Madrid, and he’s ready to do so again as the situation calls for it. “I’ve given them a contribution already. As a matter of fact, I hosted...

Democrats make August registration gains in key legislative districts

September 10, 2019 9:47 am

Democrats outpaced Republicans in August voter registration in each of the battleground districts for the 2019 mid-term Assembly races. While some of the numbers may seem small, close races for the legislature are not uncommon. Three contests over the last...

Murphy signs VBM reform law

August 28, 2019 11:25 amAugust 28, 2019 2:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today signed into law VBM reform legislation that will require county clerks to provide vote-by-mail ballots to any voters who requested them in the last three general elections and in any other November elections going forward. Voters...