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Statements on the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

May 3, 2022 10:46 amMay 4, 2022 1:57 pm

Last night, Politico released a leaked draft majority opinion written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 case that established the constitutional right to abortion. Though the draft is not necessarily final...

Cook Political Report moves NJ-3 to Likely Democratic

April 20, 2022 12:43 pmApril 20, 2022 1:11 pm

The Cook Political Report, one of the country’s most influential and well-regarded qualitative election forecasters, shifted its rating for New Jersey’s 3rd congressional district from Solid Democratic to Likely Democratic this morning, an indication that Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) could...

Van Drew raises $300k in Q1, putting him far ahead of Alexander

April 15, 2022 11:46 pmApril 16, 2022 12:11 am

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) remains the clear financial leader in the 2nd district after raising $300,197 last quarter; his most prominent Democratic challenger, civil rights lawyer Tim Alexander, raised $47,954. After achieving a nearly $600,000 fourth quarter last year,...

Here’s who did – and didn’t – end up filing for Congress in N.J.

April 4, 2022 6:14 pmApril 12, 2022 10:46 am

4 p.m. today marked the official end of candidate filing for this year’s federal elections in New Jersey, with 63 candidates submitting petitions to compete for major party nominations in the state’s 12 congressional districts. It’s possible that not all...

Alexander wins Cumberland line, completing clean sweep

April 1, 2022 2:28 pm

Tim Alexander, a civil rights lawyer and the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s 2nd congressional district, has won the Democratic Party line in Cumberland County, meaning that he’ll have the official party endorsement in all six of...

For off-the-line congressional candidates, March 31 is the most important day in the world

March 28, 2022 12:24 amMarch 29, 2022 11:49 am

As New Jersey’s annual avalanche of party conventions begins winding down, the frontrunners for the state’s 12 congressional districts are becoming increasingly clear. With near-universal backing from their party’s establishments, candidates like Democrat Tim Alexander in the 2nd district or...

Alexander gets Democratic line in Cape May

March 24, 2022 9:03 pm

Cape May County Democrats have awarded their organization line for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district to Tim Alexander, a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. It’s a little anticlimactic following the withdrawal of his only major competitor to take...