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New Jersey’s Q1 congressional fundraising, by the numbers

April 16, 2024 3:30 pmApril 16, 2024 11:15 pm

As is often the case each cycle, the first fundraising quarter of 2024 – covering January 1 through March 31 – was when the state of play in many of New Jersey’s top races came into focus. The state’s congressional...

Here are the most important results from the New Jersey ballot draw

April 4, 2024 5:31 pmApril 5, 2024 8:37 am

Today was the New Jersey ballot draw, in which the state’s 21 county clerks determined via random drawings where candidates for office in the June 4 primary will appear on voters’ ballots. And on the Democratic side, it was a...

Pro-line, anti-line attorneys duel in final briefs before Third Circuit stay ruling

April 3, 2024 12:25 pmApril 3, 2024 3:51 pm

In competing briefs filed yesterday evening and this morning, attorneys representing both sides in the ongoing legal fight over the New Jersey county organizational line submitted their reasons why the Third Circuit Court of Appeals should or shouldn’t issue a...

Three congressional candidates facing challenges to their petitions; Jasey challenge rejected

April 1, 2024 6:50 pmApril 1, 2024 7:44 pm

Three congressional candidates in New Jersey are facing challenges to their nominating petitions: Republican U.S. Senate candidates Justin Murphy and Peter Vallorosi and Republican 6th district candidate Scott Fegler. A challenge was also filed against Democratic 8th district candidate Kyle...

Federal judge strikes down county lines for this year’s election

March 29, 2024 12:06 pmMarch 29, 2024 8:54 pm

In a monumental decision released today, U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi struck down the county organizational line, the ballot design system that forms the core of New Jersey political power, in this year’s elections. The suit against the line had...

Thirteen takeaways on Murphy’s exit, Kim’s ascendance, and the future of N.J. politics

March 25, 2024 3:57 pmMarch 25, 2024 11:00 pm

On September 23, 2023, the day after three-term Democratic Senator Bob Menendez was indicted on federal corruption charges, Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) entered the race for U.S. Senate, promising to run as a reformer and be a different type of...

Tammy Murphy wins Democratic convention in tiny Salem County

March 23, 2024 5:28 pmMarch 23, 2024 8:01 pm

Democrats in Salem County, a South Jersey county that’s by far the smallest in the state, voted to endorse First Lady Tammy Murphy for U.S. Senate at their convention today in Woodstown. With 21 total convention delegates in attendance, Murphy...