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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...

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Cunningham not ready to endorse in CD10, but she likes Payne

December 4, 2019 2:01 pmDecember 5, 2019 12:37 pm

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City) said it’s too soon to say whether she’ll back Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) for re-election, but she said she likes the incumbent. “I have not talked to Donald. I like him. I think...

Flora signs no fossil fuel money pledge

October 31, 2019 10:04 am

Rep. Donald Payne Jr.’s primary challenger signed pledge limiting the money he’ll accept from fossil fuel industry groups and executives Thursday. John Flora, a Jersey City teacher mounting a challenge to Payne from the left, signed a pledge saying he...