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A brief electoral history of Bill Spadea

January 10, 2025 5:27 pmJanuary 10, 2025 5:33 pm

Most of the candidates running for governor in New Jersey this year have gone about their political lives in a very careful, ordered way. They’ve slowly built up connections in their local communities, won a seat in the state legislature...

A brief electoral history of Jack Ciattarelli

July 31, 2024 11:13 amJuly 31, 2024 5:23 pm

When New Jersey’s 2025 primary rolls around next June, Jack Ciattarelli will have been running for governor for nearly ten years straight. He ran the first time in 2017, losing the Republican primary to then-Lieutenant Gov. Kim Guadagno; he returned...

Spadea announces bid for GOP gubernatorial nomination

June 17, 2024 10:00 amJanuary 10, 2025 2:04 pm

Conservative radio talk show host Bill Spadea today announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 2025 with a pledge to make the state more affordable, stop indoctrinating kids at school, and prevent Joe...

16th district Dems have $240k as they prepare to defend open seat

January 25, 2023 1:13 pmJanuary 25, 2023 1:14 pm

Democrats in the 16th legislative district have $239,264 on-hand as of the end of 2022, a solid haul as they gear up to defend an open seat in a historically Republican district that has gotten much bluer in recent years....

16th district Republicans fight to stanch the bleeding

October 27, 2021 12:01 amOctober 27, 2021 9:59 am

Republicans in the 16th legislative district have not had a good decade. The first blow came in 2011, when the state went through its post-Census redistricting cycle. The 16th district had long been a Somerset County-based district, and thus had...

GOP brandishes poll showing tie in 16th district Senate race

July 2, 2021 6:56 pmJuly 6, 2021 8:03 am

A Republican internal poll in the 16th district is showing a tie between the two candidates for the open seat of retiring GOP State Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg). The poll, conducted by 3D Strategic Research and reviewed by the New...

Zwicker enters Senate race with Middlesex endorsement, nods from Mercer, Hunterdon

February 3, 2021 8:00 amFebruary 3, 2021 11:33 am

Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick) today formally launched his bid for State Senate in the 16th district, where Democrats have their strongest chance to flip a longtime Republican seat in November. Republican State Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg) announced last week...