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Bennett ends six-county tour with Mount Olive town hall

October 25, 2026 6:33 pmOctober 25, 2026 7:17 pm

Democratic congressional nominee Rebecca Bennett wrapped up her six-county tour in politically competitive Mount Olive by pledging to block a proposed immigration detention center in neighboring Roxbury, calling for stronger gun safety laws, and sharply attacking President Donald Trump and...

Buttigieg endorses Bennett in 7th district race

August 26, 2026 9:00 amAugust 26, 2026 11:45 am

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has endorsed Rebecca Bennett for Congress, giving the Democratic challenger to Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) in New Jersey’s 7th district the support of a prominent national figure with an extensive fundraising network and...

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

August 25, 2026 5:48 amAugust 24, 2026 11:52 pm

Discussing the lay of the land in Sussex County requires this preamble: Abraham Lincoln lost Sussex twice. Sussex County, in many ways, is the opposite of what many people think of when they think of New Jersey: densely populated and...

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

August 20, 2026 12:02 pmAugust 24, 2026 9:30 am

Monmouth County has long been indispensable to Republican hopes in New Jersey, a sprawling political anchor stretching from deeply Republican Shore communities to conservative inland towns. The state’s sixth-largest county is neither as populous nor as overwhelmingly Republican as neighboring...

Sherrill stumps in New Hampshire, Massachusetts for three Democratic veterans

August 19, 2026 11:50 amAugust 19, 2026 1:58 pm

A trip to New Hampshire by a determined out-of-state politician is rarely viewed as just a trip to New Hampshire, particularly when the visitor is a newly elected governor already generating speculation about her national future. Gov. Mikie Sherrill will...

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

August 5, 2026 6:52 amAugust 4, 2026 8:40 pm

For generations, Bergen County was the place where Republican statewide campaigns lived or died. Before Chris Christie rewrote New Jersey’s electoral map in 2009 by running up enormous margins in the fast-growing Republican counties of Ocean, Monmouth and Morris –...

Third Circuit gun ruling crossed party lines in 10–5 vote against New Jersey

August 4, 2026 5:21 pmAugust 4, 2026 5:23 pm

A closer look at last month’s landmark Third Circuit decision striking down New Jersey’s restrictions on semiautomatic rifles and large-capacity ammunition magazines shows a court that did not divide strictly along the partisan lines of the presidents who nominated its...