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ELEC’s new leadership will have the power to reshape 2025 gubernatorial fundraising

April 11, 2023 2:56 pm

How much should it cost to become governor of New Jersey? That’s a thorny question, but it’s one that the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), which determines gubernatorial contribution and spending limits, is tasked with answering. Currently, gubernatorial...

ELEC releases eight complaints – all of which are nullified by new campaign finance law

April 5, 2023 11:10 am

The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) today released eight complaints against municipal candidates for alleged campaign finance violations – but thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this week, none of the eight will...

Elections Transparency Act clears committee, probably for the final time

March 23, 2023 5:01 pmMarch 24, 2023 11:15 am

After more than a month of intense debate, and nearly a year after it was first introduced, the so-called “Elections Transparency Act” cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee today in what may be its final committee vote before it passes the...

Elections Transparency Act returns, with palliative amendments

March 16, 2023 5:17 pmMarch 16, 2023 5:31 pm

Two weeks after scheduled Senate and Assembly votes were canceled due to concerns over last-minute changes, the wide-ranging Elections Transparency Act returned today with new amendments, passing the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on a largely party-line vote. If enacted,...

ELEC files complaints against four state campaign committees for alleged 2017 transgressions

January 4, 2023 11:30 amJanuary 4, 2023 2:11 pm

The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) filed complaints against four of the state’s main party committees today, accusing them of committing a variety of campaign finance misdeeds during the 2017 election cycle. The complaints allege that the Democratic...

Sweeney schedules Senate campaign fundraiser for March

January 31, 2022 12:04 pmJanuary 31, 2022 1:52 pm

Steve Sweeney’s Senate campaign committee is holding a high-dollar fundraiser in March, an event that will only fuel speculation that the former Senate President might seek to regain the seat he lost last November to Republican Edward R. Durr. The...

Somerset hasn’t elected a Democratic state senator since 1902

August 30, 2021 11:17 am

Somerset County had been a Republican bulwark in New Jersey politics for as long as anyone has been alive, but the retirement of Kip Bateman gives Democrats a chance, if not an edge, to win their first State Senate election...