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Bipartisan support pours in for Kean after depression disclosure

June 30, 2026 4:58 pmJune 30, 2026 5:11 pm

WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom Kean Jr. received bipartisan support from members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation following his announcement Tuesday that he had been hospitalized for depression. Lawmakers of both parties said the announcement by Kean (R-Westfield) about his illness...

Rachel Peace earns NJ-4 Dem nod against Chris Smith

June 2, 2026 9:07 pmJune 3, 2026 12:10 am

Rachel Peace has won the Democratic nomination for New Jersey’s 4th congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, sending her to the general election against long-serving Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) in the state’s reddest House seat. As of 12:09 a.m....

Eight incumbents, six challengers win congressional primaries uncontested

June 2, 2026 8:00 pmJune 2, 2026 8:13 pm

Results from New Jersey’s contested primaries will be streaming in all night – but for a large number of the state’s congressional candidates, their path to the November general election was guaranteed when the state’s filing period ended. Despite a...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 22, 2026 8:01 pm

What was meant to be Republicans’ big week for passing Reconciliation 2.0, a party-line bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement, ended up becoming a politically fraught boondoggle, and a resolution won’t be coming until members return from the Memorial...

How Donald Norcross got a GOP Congress to take up a pro-union bill

May 22, 2026 10:50 am

Since Republicans retook control of the U.S. House more than three years ago, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) hasn’t had much luck getting his GOP colleagues to take up his many pieces of pro-union legislation. That’s about to change. Earlier this...

N.J. Right to Life PAC announces 2026 endorsements, including Pino in NJ-9

May 21, 2026 2:25 pm

New Jersey Right to Life PAC, a prominent anti-abortion group that’s influential among New Jersey conservatives, has lent its support to several Republican candidates running for Congress this year. In the 9th district, the PAC has endorsed Clifton Councilwoman Rosie...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 16, 2026 5:36 pm

More so than breaking any radical new ground, New Jersey’s congressional delegation spent early May continuing long-running disputes and storylines: the Democratic effort to halt American involvement in Iran, the prolonged absence of a Republican congressman, and the long-term fallout...