Arati Kreibich Archives - New Jersey Globe

Progressives fight to keep county lines suit in federal court

May 25, 2021 1:46 pmMay 25, 2021 7:03 pm

A swath of progressive candidates and the New Jersey Working Families Alliance are fighting to keep a suit to eliminate the use of organizational lines in ballot design in federal court. Opponents of the line on Monday filed a brief...

Gottheimer warchest now stands at $8.35 million

January 31, 2021 9:08 pm

The Human Fundraising Machine strikes again. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) raised a startling $104,420 between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, nearly double the haul of the other Democratic House members from New Jersey. Gottheimer now has a staggering $8,349,098 cash-on-hand,...

Progressive groups expand suit against party lines

January 25, 2021 5:28 pmJanuary 26, 2021 11:21 am

A swath of progressive groups joined a lawsuit seeking to do away with organizational lines used in the state’s primaries Monday, joining a push started by former congressional candidate Christine Conforti. “This antiquated practice is truly indefensible.” New Jersey Working...

Watson Coleman, Pressley to launch campaign to boost turnout

September 30, 2020 3:17 pmOctober 1, 2020 7:48 pm

Rep. Ayana Pressley (D-Mass.) will join Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) to encourage voters to send in their mail-in ballots on or before Oct. 12 during a virtual event Thursday. “In the middle of this deadly pandemic, voting by mail...

Kreibich raised $288,568 in second quarter

July 15, 2020 5:52 pmJuly 15, 2020 5:55 pm

Glen Rock Councilwoman Arati Kreibich raised $288,568 in her bid to oust Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) during the second quarter of 2020. Kreibich, who ran to Gottheimer’s left, had $99,026 in her war chest at the end of June, though...

More monster fundraising numbers for Gottheimer

July 14, 2020 11:29 amJuly 14, 2020 1:34 pm

The Human Fundraising Machine won the Democratic primary with more than 70% of the vote against a progressive who scored Bernie Sanders’ endorsement and it hardly made a dent in his warchest. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) raised an epic $1,303,868...

Primary 2020: Kennedy, Richter win; Gottheimer, Sires swamp challengers

July 8, 2020 5:17 amJuly 8, 2020 5:20 am

Amy Kennedy won a decisive victory in the NJ-2 Democratic primary to take on party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) on Tuesday in a primary election delayed a month to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus and conducted almost...