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Booker hits pause on campaign amid COVID crisis

April 2, 2020 1:38 pmApril 2, 2020 1:51 pm

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-Newark) has put the brakes on fundraising and campaigning for re-election amid the COVID-19 crisis. “Not right now,” Booker said when asked if he was still raising money and ginning up votes among the state’s Democrats....

Anagnos launches Senate campaign amid COVID-19 outbreak

April 1, 2020 6:43 pm

Gene Anagnos is running for U.S. Senate with a dream, no money and few ways to reach voters. The retired teacher is gunning for the Republican nod to take on U.S. Sen. Cory Booker in November, banking that his time...

Cape May clerk rejects progressive nominating petitions

April 1, 2020 3:18 pmApril 1, 2020 3:26 pm

A progressive slate of Cape May candidates formed to bracket with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy has failed to qualify for the June 2 ballot, the county’s top election official said. Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti has rejected...

Mehta, Gibbs will bracket in Ocean

March 31, 2020 11:22 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Rik Mehta and congressional candidate Kate Gibbs will bracket together in Ocean County, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Their opponents are doing the same thing. U.S. Senate candidate Hirsh Singh and congressional candidate David Richter, will...

Hudson Democrats will have open presidential primary

March 31, 2020 4:37 pm

Hudson County Democrats will hold an open primary for president, leaving Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in a separate column on the June 2 ballot. “The Biden and Sanders camps accepted an open primary,” Hudson Democratic county chair Amy DeGise...

Booker will run off the line with Harrison in Atlantic, Ocean

March 31, 2020 3:40 pmMarch 31, 2020 9:39 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker will eschew the Democratic organization lines in Atlantic and Ocean counties and is now doubling down on his support of congressional candidate Brigid Callahan Harrison, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Booker has filed a letter...

Delgado-Polanco running for delegate on Sanders ticket

March 31, 2020 1:22 am

A controversial former Murphy administration official is mounting a political comeback as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic National Convention pledged to Bernie Sanders. Lizette Delgado-Polanco, forced to resign last year her state job and party post in a...