Jeff Van Drew Archives - New Jersey Globe

House committee seeks IDEMIA records in N.J. voter registration probe

August 12, 2026 10:15 am

The House Judiciary Committee is seeking documents and communications between IDEMIA and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to resolve conflicting accounts from Gov. Mikie Sherrill and the MVC vendor over who was responsible for transmitting information that led to...

Independent fact-checker says Trump overstated impact of noncitizen voting in New Jersey

August 5, 2026 9:57 pm

WASHINGTON — An independent fact-checker says President Donald Trump has overstated the magnitude of noncitizen voting in New Jersey. Factcheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, took exception to Trump’s comments on July...

House Republicans demand N.J. records on noncitizen voter registrations

August 3, 2026 7:00 pm

Two Republican-led congressional committees are demanding records from the Sherrill administration following the disclosure that a state error improperly placed roughly 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey’s voter rolls and allowed fewer than 400 of them to cast ballots. The congressional...

Van Drew, chairman of a House Judiciary subcommittee, sends Sherrill 12 questions on N.J. voter registration controversy

July 23, 2026 3:15 pmJuly 24, 2026 2:10 pm

Updated on 7/24: In addition to Van Drew, seventeen other House Republicans signed the letter to Sherrill, including Reps. Christopher Smith (R-Manchester), Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma), Ben Cline (R-Virginia), Elijah Crane (R-Arizona), Clay Fuller (R-Georgia), Abraham Hamadeh (R-Arizona), Nicholas Langworthy (R-New...

Kean backs congressional stock trading limits as House passes bill

July 22, 2026 6:52 pmJuly 22, 2026 6:53 pm

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would prohibit members of Congress and their immediate families from purchasing individual stocks, giving Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) a politically potent vote in a competitive re-election race where his personal...

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

July 21, 2026 2:35 pmJuly 21, 2026 4:31 pm

Cape May, New Jersey’s southernmost county, has been one of the Republican Party’s most reliable sources of votes for more than 160 years. Abraham Lincoln lost the county in 1860 but carried it in 1864, beginning a Republican presidential streak...

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...