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Statements on Harris VP pick

August 11, 2020 4:56 pmAugust 12, 2020 9:46 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden announced he had chosen U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris to run on his ticket as vice president Tuesday. Here’s how New Jersey reacted. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER LORETTA WEINBERG “I am overjoyed that he has picked a...

Small wins in Atlantic City

July 8, 2020 4:23 pm

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small defeated Panela Thomas-Fields to win the chance to run for a (full) term as Atlantic City mayor. With many votes uncounted, Small led his challenger with more than 60% of the vote. Despite his troubled...

With few ballots counted, Small leads in Atlantic City

July 8, 2020 1:03 amJuly 8, 2020 5:58 am

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small leads with roughly 60% of the vote with one of the city’s six wards in his bid for a full term against longtime community activist Pamela Thomas-Fields, but the rest of the ballots cast in...

Payne defeats primary challengers

July 7, 2020 10:38 pmJuly 8, 2020 5:48 am

The New Jersey Globe projects Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) will defeat two primary challengers to win effectively re-election to the seat his family has held since 1988. Payne, who has held the seat since first winning it following the...

Fifteen independents mount congressional bids

July 7, 2020 7:49 pmJuly 7, 2020 8:05 pm

Fifteen candidates from 12 minor political parties have filed to run for New Jersey’s House and Senate seats. Longtime environmental and social justice activist Madelyn Hoffman is running for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-Newark) seat as the Green Party’s nominee,...

NJ congressional delegation calls for major disaster declaration

March 24, 2020 11:52 am

The entirety of New Jersey’s House and Senate delegations asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration sought by Gov. Phil Murphy in response to the COVID-19 crisis. “We ask that you approve Governor Murphy’s request, which would...

Five more House candidates file petitions

March 23, 2020 3:15 pmMarch 24, 2020 9:00 am

Five more candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives filed their petitions, bringing the total officially running in the June 2 primary to 12. Former public school teacher Amy Kennedy is the first to file in a hotly-contested Democratic primary...