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Schmid nearly out of money trying to win Democratic primary

June 25, 2020 8:57 pm

A Democrat trying to stop Rep. Christopher Smith’s 40-year winning streak has already burned through most of her money trying to win the July 7 primary. Stephanie Schmid has just $51,806 cash-on-hand after raising $324,813 for her bid to challenge...

78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020 3:16 pmMay 14, 2020 10:25 am

In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...

Smith has $590k banked for potentially record-setting election

April 15, 2020 1:55 pmApril 15, 2020 5:58 pm

Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-Hamilton) has raised $849,894 as he seeks to set a record as the longest-serving congressman in New Jersey history. Smith brought in $120,009 during the first quarter of 2020 and has $590,085 cash-on-hand. On January 3,2021,...

New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate

April 13, 2020 1:15 pmApril 13, 2020 10:11 pm

The coronavirus-related death last week of Martin S. Fox, a 95-year-old Millburn Democrat who ran for Congress against Rep. Robert W. Kean (R-Livingston) in 1952 and 1954, leaves an 85-year-old Millville man as the longest-living New Jersey congressional candidate. Paul...

Sanders files to run in N.J. Democratic primary

March 27, 2020 4:31 pmMarch 27, 2020 4:53 pm

Bernie Sanders filed nominating petitions today to run in the June New Jersey Democratic presidential primary. Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already filed. The deadline is 4 PM on Monday. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) filed his petitions today,...

In New Jersey, Nixon, Reagan landslides didn’t help GOP candidates

February 27, 2020 12:02 amFebruary 26, 2020 10:50 pm

Ronald Reagan carried New Jersey by 672,307 over Walter Mondale in 1984, 60%-39%, but his landslide win of the state’s sixteen electoral votes didn’t have much of an effect on the races for U.S. Senate and Congress. Democrat Bill Bradley...

Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020 11:22 amFebruary 13, 2020 11:57 am

Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...