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Arati Kreibich, former Gottheimer foe, says she’ll run for Bergen County Clerk in 2026

September 30, 2025 4:05 pm

In a recent legal filing related to the long-running battle over New Jersey’s primary ballots, a number of plaintiffs had to certify that they do, indeed, intend on running for public office in the future and thus would be harmed...

A brief electoral history of Josh Gottheimer

March 14, 2025 2:47 pm

When it comes to running in a Democratic primary, contests decided by droves of highly engaged liberal voters, it’s usually seen as wise to claim the progressive lane. You don’t have to run as a socialist, per se, but at...

Gottheimer says he supports county line system

September 21, 2023 4:17 pmSeptember 22, 2023 9:37 am

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) said today that he firmly supports New Jersey’s county line, the unique system that allows county political parties to place their preferred candidates in a designated spot on primary ballots. “It’s a democratic approach that I’ve...

Progressive group N.J. Citizen Action endorses all Dem incumbents – except Gottheimer

September 27, 2022 11:23 amSeptember 27, 2022 12:43 pm

New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA), one of New Jersey’s most prominent progressive advocacy groups, endorsed Democratic congressional nominees today in 10 of the state’s 12 congressional districts – but with moderate Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) missing from the list. Every...

First Gottheimer TV ad casts congressman as a problem solver

September 6, 2022 11:44 amSeptember 7, 2022 12:40 am

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) today released his first TV ad of the 2022 cycle, “Problem Solver,” highlighting the congressman’s record of accomplishments and his bipartisan approach to legislating. Script: (Gottheimer): There are extreme sports and extreme thrills. One thing that...

Gottheimer will go without a Democratic primary challenger in 2022

April 5, 2022 4:46 pmApril 5, 2022 6:35 pm

The Huffington Post called him “the most conservative Democrat in Congress.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called him the “Tea Party” of the Democratic caucus. And the New Jersey Division of Elections calls him “unopposed in the Democratic primary.” Since Democrats retook...

Gottheimer has astronomic $12 million warchest after herculean 4th quarter

January 28, 2022 9:00 amJanuary 28, 2022 11:10 am

It was another fundraising quarter of Brobdingnagian proportions for the Human Fundraising Machine, with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) raising a behemoth $1,125,737 during the last three months of 2021. The three-term Democratic congressman now heads into his re-election campaign armed...