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GOP leader chastises NJ-7 candidate for not filing financial disclosure

July 3, 2025 11:08 amJuly 3, 2025 4:41 pm

A $700,000 fundraising haul by Democrat Brian Varela in New Jersey’s 7th district seemed to have startled some party leaders on both sides, and now he’s facing criticism for being seven weeks late on the filing of his personal financial...

Seeking to break out in NJ-7 primary, Vartan accuses opponents of ‘moving here to run’

June 17, 2025 11:00 amJune 17, 2025 11:08 am

Of the four Democratic candidates actively campaigning for New Jersey’s competitive 7th congressional district, former Summit Council President Greg Vartan is the only one who both lives in the district and has done so for more than a couple of...

Varela snags big group of endorsements from Morris County Dems

June 16, 2025 2:58 pmJune 17, 2025 12:37 am

Brian Varela, one of several Democratic candidates vying to take on Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) in New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, released a long list of endorsements today from Democrats in Morris County, establishing him as a serious political...

In New Jersey, the political battle over the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is just beginning

May 28, 2025 3:34 pmMay 30, 2025 9:10 am

When Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) voted last week for his party’s enormous tax and health care bill, he said he’d delivered “a huge win for New Jersey” – and his Democratic opponents crowed that he had cast the vote...

Varela’s first-day haul for NJ-7 campaign: over $153k

April 10, 2025 10:01 amApril 10, 2025 10:10 am

Brian Varela, an entrepreneur and a former leader of the New Jersey Forward Party, likely didn’t start out at the top of anyone’s shortlist for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s 7th congressional district. But in the first 12 hours...

Brian Varela adds his name to growing Dem field in NJ’s 7th district

April 9, 2025 8:00 amApril 8, 2025 5:03 pm

Brian Varela first tried to run for public office in 2022 against now-Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City), but he never made it to the ballot thanks to issues with his petitions. Now, after a stint as the leader of the...

Centrist Whitman-led group backs Signorello for U.S. Senate

April 24, 2023 11:10 amApril 25, 2023 9:41 am

The New Jersey arm of the Forward Party, a nascent centrist group led by former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, made an unexpected and early endorsement this morning of Joe Signorello, the unabashedly...