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Booker will run off the line with Harrison in Atlantic, Ocean

March 31, 2020 3:40 pmMarch 31, 2020 9:39 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker will eschew the Democratic organization lines in Atlantic and Ocean counties and is now doubling down on his support of congressional candidate Brigid Callahan Harrison, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Booker has filed a letter...

How Amy Kennedy won

March 9, 2020 3:33 pmMarch 9, 2020 6:43 pm

Amy Kennedy’s victory at the Atlantic County Democratic convention was a victory for progressives at the grassroots level, although there were several factors in play that led to a rare loss by a candidate supported by powerbroker George Norcross. Kennedy...

Kennedy, Harrison comes from political families

March 8, 2020 6:34 pm

The two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district grew up in political families. Amy Kennedy’s father is Jerry Savell, who served as an Atlantic County freeholder and was a councilman in Absecon and...

Amy Kennedy announces congressional bid against Van Drew

January 6, 2020 8:48 amJanuary 6, 2020 3:21 pm

Amy Kennedy, a former public school teacher and a member of one of America’s most famous political families, will seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district against party-switcher Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis). “As a former history...

Kennedy says early endorsements in House race ‘feels like steamrolling’

December 18, 2019 8:46 pm

Amy Kennedy said that she was disappointed that six Democratic county chairmen decided to make an endorsement in the race for Congress against Rep. Jeff Van Drew without meeting with her and other potential candidates in New Jersey’s 2nd district....

Amy Kennedy explores congressional bid against Van Drew

December 16, 2019 10:13 pm

Amy Kennedy, a former public school teacher and wife of ex-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-Rhode Island), is actively exploring a run for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. “I have supported Congressman Jeff Van Drew in the past, but he...