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Buena Vista Mayor Chuck Chiarello dies

December 6, 2019 10:26 amDecember 6, 2019 2:25 pm

Buena Vista Township Mayor Chuck Chiarello, who has served in local office since 1992, died on December 4. Chiarello was known statewide as the former Atlantic County Democratic Chairman and as a past president of the New Jersey League of...

The Road to Mike Testa

December 2, 2019 12:23 amDecember 2, 2019 2:45 pm

When Michael Testa., Jr. takes his seat in the New Jersey State Senate next week, he will become just the sixth senator to represent the 1st legislative district since it was created in 1973 when New Jersey first adopted a...

Governor orders flags lowered to honor Bill Hughes, NJ congressman who died Thursday

November 3, 2019 11:25 am

The U.S. and New Jersey flags will be flown at half-staff in honor of former Rep. William J. Hughes, who died on Thursday. Gov. Phil Murphy issued an Executive Order today directing that all state buildings and facilities lower their...

Van Drew gets Forsythe’s old office

November 30, 2018 10:35 pmNovember 30, 2018 10:48 pm

Rep.-elect Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) has been assigned an office that New Jersey’s Edwin B. Forsythe occupied in the 1970’s. Van Drew will be in Room 331 of the Cannon House Office Building. Forsythe, the bow-tie wearing former New Jersey...

New Jerseys 20 Living ex-Congressmen

October 15, 2018 9:15 amOctober 15, 2018 1:40 pm

Rush Holt is 70 today, the 11th oldest of the nineteen living former Congressmen from New Jersey. The oldest is Cornelius Gallagher, who celebrated his 97th birthday last March. The Bayonne Democrat was first elected to Congress in 1958, making...

LoBiondo has $283k in bank

July 15, 2018 10:51 amJuly 15, 2018 12:48 pm

Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-Ventnor), who is retiring after 24 years in Congress, has $283,940 remaining in his campaign account. He has not yet contributed to the Republican nominee for his 2nd district seat, Seth Grossman. He contributed $1,000 to Rep....

The 2020 House Short List

April 17, 2018 9:55 amApril 18, 2018 10:18 am

If Patrick Murray is right and New Jersey sends twelve Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives next year, the state would brace for another cycle of competitive congressional races in 2020 – this time with a mostly new crop...