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McClellan, Simonsen win in LD1

November 4, 2025 11:24 pm

Assemblymen Antwan McClellan (R-Ocean City) and Erik Simonsen (R-Lower) have won re-election in the 1st legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, holding onto a red-leaning district in far South Jersey that not too long ago was a Democratic bastion....

A rundown of today’s races for the N.J. Legislature

June 10, 2025 6:01 amJune 10, 2025 7:34 pm

This story was originally published on March 25, 2025, after the primary election filing deadline, and has been edited in many districts to reflect the current state of races. Over 200 candidates will compete in Democratic and Republican primaries today...

Woman who helped break the county line joins Fulop slate as Assembly candidate

January 2, 2025 8:00 amJanuary 2, 2025 8:09 am

Carolyn Rush, who mounted primary campaigns for Congress in 2022 and 2024 and joined Andy Kim as a plaintiff in a lawsuit that appears to have ended the county organization line, will seek the Democratic nomination for State Assembly in...

Chaos reigns in the Cumberland Democratic Party

March 21, 2024 11:16 pmMarch 23, 2024 2:07 pm

Cumberland County Democrats are in complete disarray. Two different groups of Democrats in the South Jersey county – one led by Cumberland Democratic Chair Kevin McCann, the other led by a coalition of anti-McCann committeemembers – met tonight in different...

Tim Alexander gets Atlantic Democratic line for Van Drew’s House seat

March 17, 2024 5:39 pmMarch 18, 2024 8:01 am

Civil rights attorney Tim Alexander has won the Atlantic County Democratic convention for New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district, convincingly beating tech entrepreneur Joe Salerno and engineer Carolyn Rush in the race to take on Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis). Alexander,...

Four more counties will soon make the choice between Andy Kim and Tammy Murphy

March 7, 2024 12:02 pmMarch 8, 2024 12:04 am

Editor’s note: this story was updated at 4:30 p.m. to reflect the fact that Cumberland Democrats have moved their Senate endorsement vote to March 21. On Monday, after Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) had won five successive Democratic county conventions for...

Ernest Coursey endorses Tim Alexander in NJ-2 rematch campaign

March 4, 2024 12:01 pm

Civil rights attorney Tim Alexander’s campaign for New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district was endorsed yesterday by Atlantic County Commissioner Ernest Coursey (D-Atlantic City), an influential figure in his home county. “As someone who has always put the people first, I...