Carolyn Rush Archives - New Jersey Globe

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....

CAIR Action NJ endorses Ali in Jersey City, sixteen candidates for Assembly

October 24, 2025 2:20 pmOctober 24, 2025 4:09 pm

With less than two weeks until Election Day, CAIR Action NJ, the state’s largest Muslim political advocacy group, today rolled out endorsements for 35 candidates across New Jersey, including sixteen running for the State Assembly and Mussab Ali in the...

Sabo, Rush to challenge Republicans in LD-1

June 10, 2025 11:54 pm

Democrats nominated Carol Sabo and Carolyn Rush to challenge an incumbent Republican duo in South Jersey’s 1st legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects. West Cape May Mayor Carol Sabo ran on the party slate; engineer Carolyn Rush and Princeton...

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...

Salerno’s NJ-2 victory shows how county parties can be beaten in a line-free world

June 21, 2024 5:40 pmJune 22, 2024 7:33 pm

When New Jersey’s primary results began rolling in a little over two weeks ago, many news outlets – among them the New Jersey Globe – were quick to declare victory on behalf of the state’s county Democratic organizations. Even without...

Salerno lead up to 241 in Dem NJ-2 primary

June 10, 2024 10:01 pm

In the race to pick a Democratic opponent against Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis), businessman Joe Salerno has expanded his lead to 241 votes against attorney Tim Alexander in the too-close-to-call 2nd district. Salerno picked up 23 more votes in...