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Democrats challenge Bramnick, Munoz to 16 debates

September 18, 2019 3:00 pmSeptember 18, 2019 3:02 pm

Democratic Assembly candidates have challenged incumbents Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Nancy Munoz (R-Summit) to sixteen debates – one in each municipality in the competitive 21st district. “Minority Leader Bramnick, you completely evaded your opponents in 2017, despite finding time to...

Takeaways on the Edison water referendum

September 11, 2019 2:38 pmSeptember 11, 2019 5:01 pm

A special water referendum in Edison on Tuesday has two big takeaways for New Jersey politics – one on the state’s new vote-by-mail law and the other on public policy. Nearly 40% of Edison voters who received VBM ballots for...

Lautenberg widow hosts Biden fundraiser

August 24, 2019 11:51 pmAugust 25, 2019 12:03 am

The wife of the late U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg held a fundraiser at her Hamptons home today for Joe Biden, continuing a six-year-old grudge against Cory Booker. Lautenberg wasn’t happy when Booker publicly expressed interest in his U.S. Senate seat...

All three GOP Senate candidates have run statewide before

August 24, 2019 2:53 pm

So far, all three candidates for the 2020 Republican U.S. Senate nomination to challenge Cory Booker have run statewide before. Tricia Flanagan and Stuart Meissner ran as independent candidates for the United States Senate, while Hirsh Singh sought the Republican...

Once a Democrat, Meissner is now a proud Trump Republican

August 22, 2019 2:36 pmAugust 23, 2019 11:12 am

Stuart Meissner, the former prosecutor considering a run for U.S. Senate against Cory Booker next year, contributed $16 to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. That was the year he became a Republican. One a Democratic activist, Meissner is now all-in...

The switch

August 13, 2019 1:47 amAugust 13, 2019 1:44 am

Bob Torricelli, seeking re-election to a second term in the United States Senate in 2002, was severely admonished by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics on July 31 for accepting expensive gifts from one of his campaign contributors, David...

If you’re under 45, you may have missed the epoch period of New Jersey politics

August 13, 2019 1:46 amAugust 13, 2019 11:12 am

The current drama of New Jersey politics doesn’t hold a candle to the events that occurred between 1999 to 2004 – a five-year period of constant folly that causes politicos over the age of 45 to appear a bit unfazed...