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Trailblazer: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

January 17, 2022 12:06 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:15 pm

Bonnie Watson Coleman, is the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first African American to serve as New Jersey Democratic State Chair. Watson Coleman comes from a powerful political family. Her...

N.J. State Senators more likely to die in office than win election as governor

November 21, 2021 2:33 pm

New Jersey State Senators are more likely to die in office than to use the Senate as a springboard to another elected post. Under the current State Constitution passed in 1947, 68 sitting state senators have asked voters to promote...

20 years ago, the campaign for governor stopped

September 10, 2021 12:08 pmSeptember 10, 2021 1:04 pm

On September 11, 2001, both candidates for Governor of New Jersey immediately shut down their campaigns. Fundraisers were cancelled – filet mignon from a major GOP fundraiser set for the weekend was sent to first responders instead, television commercials were...

Deadline to swap out candidates is September 7

September 3, 2021 9:13 am

For county and municipal chairs who feel the candidate they picked last spring is not working out, the window to make a change is closing quickly. The deadline for candidates nominated in the June primary election to drop out of...

N.J. passed abortion parental notification law 20 years ago, but Supreme Court struck it down

September 2, 2021 3:02 pmSeptember 3, 2021 10:01 am

New Jersey’s bid to pass a law to require pregnant teenagers from obtaining an abortion unless their parents were notified was a big issue in state politics two decades ago and ended with the intervention of the courts. This was...

August polls: sometimes right, sometimes not

August 18, 2021 11:00 amAugust 18, 2021 10:56 am

A new Monmouth University poll that puts Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy ahead of Republican Jack Ciattarelli by 16 points, 52%-36%, means a closer race than it was four years ago. In the summer of 2017, Murphy led then-Lt. Gov. Kim...

Poll: Kean is still New Jersey’s favorite former governor

May 18, 2021 11:00 amMay 18, 2021 11:18 am

Republican Thomas Kean remains the most popular of New Jersey’s eight living former governors with favorables of 33%-14%, according to a Monmouth University Poll released on Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy has favorables of 50%-34%, with three of his four immediate...