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Melius takes first slot on Essex County NJ-10 ballots

May 23, 2024 3:42 pmMay 24, 2024 8:56 am

The three counties that make up the 10th congressional district held their ballot draw today to determine where candidates will appear on the ballot in the district’s special Democratic primary – a potentially important factor in an 11-way race where...

Nine Democrats seeking Payne seat want McIver off the ballot

May 19, 2024 9:50 pmMay 19, 2024 10:39 pm

Nine Democrats running in the July 16 special Democratic primary for Congress in New Jersey’s 10th district have asked Secretary of State Tahesha Way asking her to toss LaMonica McIver from the ballot. “We believe one of our colleagues, LaMonica...

Gene Mazo survives petition challenge in NJ-10 special election

May 15, 2024 2:42 pm

Eugene Mazo, a Rutgers law professor with a penchant for filing for political office in order to test out state election laws, has just barely survived a challenge to his nominating petitions for the special election in New Jersey’s 10th...

Here’s who filed in the special election primary to replace Donald Payne Jr.

May 10, 2024 6:32 pmMay 11, 2024 9:46 pm

The filing deadline for the special July 16 primary to succeed the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) has now passed, and it looks like it will be a crowded race for his deep-blue, majority-Black seat: 11 Democrats and one...

Center for Biological Diversity backs Ocampo Grajales for Congress

April 14, 2022 11:42 am

The action fund of the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting endangered species, announced today that it is endorsing David Ocampo Grajales in the Democratic primary for the 8th congressional district. “Ocampo Grajales truly cares about...

Mazo exits race for Congress in NJ-8

April 12, 2022 6:55 pm

Eugene Mazo has dropped his bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th district after a two-hour hearing on Wednesday. Mazo’s exit from the race came after Administrative Law Judge Gail Cookson had already invalidated 21 of...

Menendez opponent, a Seton Hall law professor, says DeGise petition challenge violates federal law

April 12, 2022 4:30 pmApril 12, 2022 5:01 pm

A Seton Hall law professor running for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th district says that the Hudson County Democratic Organization violated a federal campaign finance law by challenging his nominating petition. Eugene Mazo is citing a Federal Election Commission decision...