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Mark Kelly raises $80k from NJ donors

April 28, 2019 4:15 pmApril 29, 2019 12:26 pm

Astronaut Mark Kelly, the West Orange native who is seeking a United States Senate seat in Arizona, raised $80,899 from New Jersey donors during the first quarter of 2019. Kelly has raised more than $4.1 million since announcing in February...

Mark Kelly’s Arizona Senate bid could see boost from New Jersey

February 13, 2019 6:50 pmFebruary 14, 2019 8:08 am

West Orange native Mark Kelly should be able to leverage his New Jersey roots to help fundraise for his bid to take the seat held by Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.). “Combat veteran, astronaut, and born and bred in Essex County?...

Universal background checks will be Sherrill’s first co-sponsorship

January 8, 2019 12:26 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) will make a House resolution mandating universal background checks on gun sales her first co-sponsorship as a new member of Congress. “This is the anniversary of a tragedy that showed that no one is immune from...

Murphy hopes voters animated over gun issues

October 29, 2018 7:37 pmOctober 29, 2018 11:31 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he hopes gun issues and a recent mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead and others injured would animate voters ahead of the year’s midterms. “I hope a big effect in the right...

Malinowski says voters will understand Lance’s record on guns

September 8, 2018 7:03 pmSeptember 9, 2018 10:19 pm

Democrat Tom Malinowski has been talking about gun safety issues since he entered the race for Congress more than a year ago, but the endorsement of the Republican incumbent by Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly, has created an unexpected twist...

Kelly defends Giffords PAC endorsement of Lance, Smith

September 7, 2018 1:01 pmSeptember 8, 2018 1:15 am

Here’s a scenario that keeps Capt. Mark Kelly up at night. After all the votes are counted, Republicans win 218 seats in the House and Democrats have 217 seats. And Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton), boosted by the endorsement of Gifford...

Giffords, Kelly stump for Sherrill

September 7, 2018 12:12 pmSeptember 7, 2018 12:57 pm

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords and retired astronaut Mark Kelly, two of the nation’s top gun control advocates, came to New Jersey this morning boost the chances of Democrat Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey’s 11th district. “These are scary times. Racism,...