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Maps: the ’17 Assembly races

September 11, 2019 11:40 am

Looking to November, Democrats hope to further pad their super-majority in Trenton, by flipping the 8th, 21st and 25th legislative districts, all of which of which were decided by narrow margins in 2017. Meanwhile Republicans hope to make dents in...

Democrats make August registration gains in key legislative districts

September 10, 2019 9:47 am

Democrats outpaced Republicans in August voter registration in each of the battleground districts for the 2019 mid-term Assembly races. While some of the numbers may seem small, close races for the legislature are not uncommon. Three contests over the last...

The year of the unlikely voter: why Democrats care so much about VBM reform

August 23, 2019 2:15 amAugust 23, 2019 2:51 pm

New Jersey has elections where candidates for the State Assembly head the ticket twice in four years, every other decade. It occurred in 2015 and won’t happen again until 2035. 2019 is considered an off-off year, when voter turnout is...

Bateman vulnerable, Schaffer says

August 7, 2019 8:32 pmAugust 7, 2019 9:43 pm

Somerset County Chairwoman Peg Schaffer thinks State Sen. Kip Bateman’s seat is ripe for the taking. “The fact that we almost won with our candidate — she had almost no support except support she got from the county — she...

In fight to win Assembly seat, Gunderman takes a vacation

July 11, 2019 6:21 pmJuly 11, 2019 6:51 pm

When Gov. Phil Murphy visited Westfield in June to talk gun safety days after a man was arrested in the parking lot of a local school holding a .45-caliber handgun with an arsenal of hollow-point bullets, Democratic Assembly candidate Stacey...

Maps: The race for Assembly in LD-16

June 19, 2019 9:50 amJune 19, 2019 1:52 pm

In November, Republicans hope to put a few dents into the Democratic super-majority in the chamber, and one of the places that they are putting an effort into flipping in the 16th legislative district currently represented by two Democrats in...

Caliguire, Madrid win Somerset line for Assembly

March 25, 2019 9:53 pmMarch 25, 2019 10:09 pm

Somerset County Republicans endorsed former freeholder Todd Caliguire and former Montgomery mayor Christine Madrid for State Assembly in the 16th district. Incumbents Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) and Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough) are among the top targets of state Republicans looing to...