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Wyatt Earp will seek re-election

May 18, 2026 2:17 pmMay 18, 2026 5:26 pm

Ocean County Democratic Chairman Wyatt Earp will face Stafford Democratic Club President Alison Miller as he seeks to retain the post he’s held since 2005. Miller faces a tough fight to unseat Earp, who was re-elected in 2022 by 8...

Tabor defeats Zdan for U.S. Senate endorsement in Atlantic

February 21, 2026 3:21 pmFebruary 21, 2026 5:33 pm

Richard Tabor, a New Jersey state trooper and U.S. Army combat veteran, easily won the endorsement of the Atlantic County Republican organization for U.S. Senate at their convention this morning, defeating rival Alex Zdan by a wide margin. Several Republicans...

LBJ, Nixon swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 16, 2026 12:13 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:29 pm

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 16, 2026 12:00 amFebruary 15, 2026 7:55 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill backed three candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020: first Cory Booker, then Michael Bloomberg, and finally Joe Biden. In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in...

Dick Zimmer, former congressman and U.S. Senate contender, dies at 81

January 1, 2026 11:23 amJanuary 4, 2026 9:53 pm

Richard A. Zimmer, a three-term Republican congressman from Hunterdon County and longtime state legislator who ran a competitive race for U.S. Senate in 1996 and built a career as an advocate of fiscal conservatism, transparency in government, and the safety...

Obama, Democrats rally to back Sherrill, rebuke Trump

November 1, 2025 8:59 pmNovember 1, 2025 9:30 pm

In a rowdy Newark rally Saturday night, former President Barack Obama joined Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in the final push to elect her New Jersey’s next governor. A few thousand attendees packed the Cleo Hill Sr. Physical Education Building’s stands...

Obama will campaign with Sherrill in gov race’s closing stretch

October 21, 2025 11:49 am

Former President Barack Obama will campaign with Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) on Saturday, November 1, giving New Jersey Democrats some heavy national star power in the final stretch of the gubernatorial campaign. Obama – whose endorsement of Sherrill is also...