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Gusciora leads big in Trenton; many council seats up in the air

November 9, 2022 12:08 pm

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora has a huge lead in his bid for a second term, putting him in a dominant position against two of his longtime foes, Council President Kathy McBride and Councilwoman Robin Vaughn, in the city’s nonpartisan election....

Baraka backs Gusciora for re-election

November 4, 2022 2:09 pm

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced today that he’s endorsing Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora for re-election, four days out from the November 8 nonpartisan contest in New Jersey’s capital city. “I support the re-election of Mayor W. Reed Gusciora as he...

Rallying in Rahway, Malinowski says don’t count him out just yet

October 29, 2022 6:42 pmOctober 30, 2022 1:10 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) got dealt a tough hand this year. First, the 7th congressional district he represents was redrawn to be more Republican, reducing Joe Biden’s margin in the district from ten points to four. The map was drawn...

Across New Jersey, elected officials commemorate Sandy’s 10th anniversary

October 28, 2022 2:37 pmOctober 30, 2022 2:17 pm

With Hurricane Sandy nearly ten years in the rearview mirror – the anniversary of the hurricane’s landfall on the Jersey Shore will arrive tomorrow – politicians across New Jersey today commemorated the disaster and lauded the progress the state has...

DeGroot, Sherrill both say they’re undecided on House leadership

October 24, 2022 12:15 amOctober 24, 2022 12:15 am

Come January 2023, either Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) or former Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Paul DeGroot will hold a seat in Congress. And based on their answers in the New Jersey Globe-hosted 11th district congressional debate, both are free agents...

The race for the Senate is a race for Bob Menendez’s Foreign Relations chairmanship

October 14, 2022 3:48 pmOctober 15, 2022 1:37 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez isn’t on the ballot this year – but his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is. When Democrats flipped two Senate seats in Georgia in early 2021, it allowed Menendez to become possibly the most...

At ‘Roevember’ rally, Sherrill once again highlights importance of abortion issue

October 8, 2022 1:58 pmOctober 8, 2022 7:52 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), like other New Jersey Democrats running for re-election this November, has cast herself as a strong defender of abortion and a bulwark against the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson. To that end, Sherrill spoke...