Herb Conaway Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J. Building Trades makes no endorsement in NJ-7, two years after backing Kean

June 12, 2026 9:07 am

The influential New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council is staying on the sidelines in New Jersey’s highly competitive 7th congressional district race, withholding its endorsement two years after backing U.S. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) in one of...

McGuire wins contested three-way GOP primary to challenge Conaway in NJ-3

June 2, 2026 9:20 pmJune 3, 2026 12:47 am

Michael McGuire has emerged as the Republican nominee in the 3rd congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, winning a splintered three-way contest to face Rep. Herb Conaway (D-Delran) in the Democratic-leaning district. As of 12:47 a.m. and with nearly...

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...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 22, 2026 8:01 pm

What was meant to be Republicans’ big week for passing Reconciliation 2.0, a party-line bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement, ended up becoming a politically fraught boondoggle, and a resolution won’t be coming until members return from the Memorial...

‘Are we going to lie there and take it?’ Redistricting effort has some buy-in from N.J. House Dems

May 15, 2026 12:25 pmMay 15, 2026 12:32 pm

If New Jersey Democrats really try to redraw the state’s congressional map before the 2028 elections, as some state leaders are starting to discuss, they’d need buy-in from the state’s sitting House Democrats, whose own districts may have to change...

How N.J.’s congressional delegation voted in April

May 4, 2026 12:39 pm

Click here for a web version of the New Jersey Globe’s April 2026 vote tracker, with links to the bills and votes in question, or scroll to the bottom of this article for a PDF version. Few issues confronted by...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 1, 2026 7:45 pm

April was a busy month for the New Jersey delegation: Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield)’s absence made national headlines, Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-Glen Ridge) joined the House after her special election victory, and debates over surveillance laws and Department of...