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Green Party gets new gubernatorial candidate

August 21, 2025 6:30 pmAugust 22, 2025 2:50 am

Lily Benavides, a former New Hampshire state legislator and an immigrant from Colombia, has filed 2,434 signatures to become the Green Party candidate for governor of New Jersey on the general election ballot, replacing Stephen N. Zielinski, Sr.. Citing a...

Sanders will stay on the July 7 ballot in New Jersey

April 8, 2020 1:25 pmApril 8, 2020 1:34 pm

Bernie Sanders intends to remain on the ballot in the July 7 New Jersey primary election. Delegate candidates who filed to run on his slate will remain on the ballot unless they proactively decide to drop out of the race....

Some Democratic Governor’s Association trivia

December 2, 2018 9:42 pmDecember 2, 2018 9:43 pm

The last New Jerseyan to head the Democratic Governor’s Association was Brendan Byrne in 1980. Democrats won six and lost seven. Incumbents Bill Clinton (Arkansas), Joseph Teasdale (Missouri) and Arthur Link (North Dakota) lost re-election bids. Two other Democratic governors...