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What can 2024 results tell us about 2025’s legislative races?

December 6, 2024 7:12 pmOctober 20, 2025 1:25 pm

When New Jersey politicians gathered in 1947 to write the state’s new constitution, they established a system wherein state-level elections would be held in odd-numbered years, forever setting them apart from federal elections. “The importance of a gubernatorial election merits...

Fulop taps Evesham councilman for Assembly in primary against South Jersey Dems

July 30, 2024 9:00 amAugust 12, 2024 12:04 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Fulop has picked his first running mate outside of Hudson County: Evesham Councilman Eddie Freeman III will seek a State Assembly seat in the 8th district next year. This sets up a likely primary between Freeman,...

Mapping out South Jersey Democrats’ great election night

November 30, 2023 6:34 pmDecember 1, 2023 10:45 am

Two years ago, South Jersey Democrats faced a reckoning in the New Jersey Legislature. The far-reaching party organization already had a substantial legislative bloc that included the President of the State Senate and the Majority Leader of the Assembly, and...

Umba will seek rematch with Katz in 2025

November 29, 2023 10:25 amFebruary 23, 2024 3:56 pm

It looks like a rematch in the 8th legislative district, where Assemblyman Brandon Umba (R-Medford) has already announced that he’ll run again in 2025. Umba, a freshman South Jersey lawmaker, told the Star-Ledger that he plans to take on Democrat...

Close Assembly results in suburban districts may augur GOP difficulties in 2025

November 17, 2023 5:35 pmNovember 17, 2023 11:31 pm

New Jersey Assembly Republicans didn’t have a great Election Night this year, losing six of their own seats and failing to make any headway in Democratic-controlled districts. But if they aren’t careful, 2025 could be a whole lot worse. In...

Katz’s lead grows to 49 votes after remaining Atlantic VBMs, provisional ballots counted

November 13, 2023 9:03 pmNovember 14, 2023 12:13 am

Chesterfield Democratic municipal chair Andrea Katz’s razor-thin lead for an Assembly seat in New Jersey’s 8th legislative district has grown to 49 votes after Atlantic County’s provisional ballots and remaining vote-by-mail ballots were counted. Katz now leads incumbent Assemblyman Brandon...

Where the numbers stand in LD8’s tight Assembly race

November 10, 2023 3:01 pmNovember 10, 2023 3:01 pm

After an unexpected batch of Burlington County ballots were counted yesterday, the 8th legislative district’s Assembly race has suddenly become New Jersey’s closest contest, with Assemblyman Brandon Umba (R-Medford) – who had previously been declared the victor – trailing Democrat...