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Pennacchio, Webber endorse Ali for county chair

March 4, 2020 10:15 amMarch 4, 2020 10:16 am

State Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R-Montville) and Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) have endorsed Laura Marie Ali for Morris County Republican Chair. “Laura Marie Ali has shown that she is precisely the right leader to take Morris Republicans into the 2020s,...

Republican registration edge down to 462 in CD11

March 3, 2020 12:17 pmMarch 3, 2020 1:06 pm

Democrats have nearly bridged Republicans’ voter registration edge in the 11th congressional district. The GOP’s registration lead there fell to just 462 in February, according to statistics released by the New Jersey secretary of state. The district has added 780...

Palatucci firm was being paid by Kean campaign when he tried to muscle Becchi

March 1, 2020 6:00 amMarch 1, 2020 5:10 pm

Republican National Committeeman Bill Palatucci leveraged his party post to pressure a candidate to drop her primary challenge to Tom Kean, Jr., while being paid $21,128 by the Kean for Congress campaign in 2019, the New Jersey Globe has learned....

Republicans say Sherill endorsement of Bloomberg was payback

February 6, 2020 9:03 pm

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) tonight accused Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) of endorsing Michael Bloomberg for president as repayment for the support of his Independence USA PAC in her 2018 campaign. “All it took for Mikie Sherrill to sell...

Becchi raises $477k for House bid

January 31, 2020 4:18 pmFebruary 1, 2020 4:32 pm

Rosemary Becchi has raised $476,781 for her bid to unseat Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in New Jersey’s 11th district and has $267,946 cash-on-hand. Becchi, a former tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, dropped her challenge to Rep. Tom...

Becchi lobbied for GOP tax plan, but says work unrelated to SALT CAP

January 22, 2020 8:59 pm

House candidate Rosemary Becchi lobbied for the 2018 Republican tax plan that imposed a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, though she said she pushed portions of the bill unrelated to SALT. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, where Becchi...

Sherrill has huge fundraising haul, amasses $2.2 million warchest

January 14, 2020 7:00 amFebruary 6, 2020 8:57 pm

Freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) has raised a whopping $2,612,434 for her re-election campaign in New Jersey’s 11th district, including $757,451 during the 4th quarter of 2019. Sherrill has $2,211,668 cash-on-hand in a Republican-leaning district the GOP appears ready to...