Gregg Mele Archives - New Jersey Globe

House Democrats boost Bennett’s campaign coffers after primary win

July 18, 2026 2:31 pmJuly 20, 2026 12:09 pm

WASHINGTON — House Democrats rushed to fill the coffers of former Navy pilot Rebecca Bennett after the New Jersey primary, shoring up the finances of one of their best hopes of capturing a Republican-held seat this fall when control of...

NJ-12 Republican reports just $3,083 in cash, $19,128 in debt

July 14, 2026 9:30 am

The Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th district has $3,083 cash on hand after raising $3,479 in the second quarter for his bid to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), and is already in debt. Gregg...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Somerset County in 2026

July 8, 2026 4:23 pmJuly 9, 2026 3:57 pm

For more than a century, Somerset County stood among New Jersey’s premier Republican strongholds. It backed Herbert Hoover over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, remained reliably Republican through the New Deal and postwar eras, and...

Eight incumbents, six challengers win congressional primaries uncontested

June 2, 2026 8:00 pmJune 2, 2026 8:13 pm

Results from New Jersey’s contested primaries will be streaming in all night – but for a large number of the state’s congressional candidates, their path to the November general election was guaranteed when the state’s filing period ended. Despite a...

Less than two months from primary day, here’s where New Jersey’s congressional fundraising stands

April 17, 2026 10:25 amApril 18, 2026 9:55 am

The candidate list is set and the primary is less than two months away: any New Jersey congressional candidate who wants a spot on November’s general election ballot had better be fundraising for it. Some races, like the Democratic primaries...

Where N.J. congressional fundraising stands heading into the 2026 midterms

February 2, 2026 4:58 pm

As the 2026 midterms begin in earnest, New Jersey is gearing up for at least three intense Democratic primaries: one happening this Thursday in the special election for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s 11th district, and two more in June in Rep....

Gregg Mele is back, this time in NJ-12

January 7, 2026 4:33 pmJanuary 7, 2026 4:34 pm

Gregg Mele, a Republican who has popped up as a candidate for one office or another in most New Jersey election cycles since 2018, is back, this time running in the solid-blue 12th congressional district. Mele said in a Facebook...