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Former congressman Mike Pappas will run for State Senate

February 17, 2021 3:12 pmFebruary 17, 2021 8:12 pm

Update: Somerset County Republicans awarded the organization line for State Senate in the 16th district to former Rep. Michael Pappas. The Assembly candidates on the line will be Manville Councilman Joe Lukac and Hunterdon Central Regional Board of Education President...

Murphy won’t take sides in Zwicker, Schaffer conflict

February 12, 2021 2:51 pmFebruary 12, 2021 3:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today side-stepped a question about a Democratic county chair telling Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) that he needs to move to her county to get the organization line for Senate. POLITICO reported that Peg Schaffer offered Zwicker...

Ex-Congressman Pappas mulls State Senate bid for Bateman seat

February 8, 2021 6:48 pmFebruary 9, 2021 11:01 am

Former Rep. Michael J. Pappas is mulling a State Senate bid in the 16th district, setting up a potentially epic primary between two former congressmen in pursuit of a seat in the New Jersey Legislature. Pappas has been discussing a...

Zimmer, former GOP congressman who endorsed Biden, will seek State Senate seat

February 1, 2021 5:01 pmFebruary 1, 2021 5:03 pm

Dick Zimmer, a 76-year-old former Republican congressman who endorsed Joe Biden for president against Donald Trump, will run for the open State Senate seat in the 16th district, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Republican leaders confirmed that Zimmer filed...

Mehta breaks Case record for most votes ever received by a New Jersey Republican

November 17, 2020 12:31 pmNovember 17, 2020 7:18 pm

Republican Rik Mehta has set the record for the most votes ever received by a Republican statewide candidate in New Jersey after he passed Clifford P. Case on Monday. Mehta is currently at 1,745,013 votes statewide, with more ballots still...

Booker sets record for most statewide votes in N.J. history

November 11, 2020 2:11 pmNovember 11, 2020 4:50 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has already set a record for the greatest number of votes ever received by a statewide candidate in New Jersey. Booker has already passed the 2.2 million mark, with another 500,000 votes still uncounted across the...

Hunterdon GOP leader unhappy with Zimmer’s Biden endorsement

August 25, 2020 10:46 amSeptember 15, 2020 9:07 pm

In an email to county committee members, newly-elected Hunterdon County GOP Chairman Gabe Plumer said he was disappointed that former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-Delaware Township) for his endorsement of Democrat Joe Biden for president. “While every American is entitled to...