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Turkavage, Francis, Cunningham file in NJ-2 Democratic primary

March 30, 2020 4:48 pmMarch 30, 2020 7:11 pm

Former FBI agent Robert Turkavage said he filed nominating petitions to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Turkavage told the New Jersey Globe that he hand-delivered petitions with 243 signatures he received while campaigning door-to-door...

Brigid Callahan Harrison announced her candidacy for Congress. Photo by Kevin Sanders for New Jersey Globe.

Harrison files petitions for challenge to Van Drew

March 30, 2020 1:44 pmApril 6, 2020 11:15 am

Political Science professor Brigid Callahan Harrison has filed her nominating petitions to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Harrison filed online with 345 signatures. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) has already filed, along with his...

Biden files for New Jersey primary

March 26, 2020 4:41 pmMarch 26, 2020 4:58 pm

Joe Biden filed petitions to run in the New Jersey Democratic presidential primary today and so far, is unopposed in a contest for the state’s 146 delegates. The filing deadline is 4 PM on March 30. President Donald Trump has...

Five more House candidates file petitions

March 23, 2020 3:15 pmMarch 24, 2020 9:00 am

Five more candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives filed their petitions, bringing the total officially running in the June 2 primary to 12. Former public school teacher Amy Kennedy is the first to file in a hotly-contested Democratic primary...

Star-Ledger interviewed only Harrison before endorsing in NJ-2 Democratic primary

March 4, 2020 4:07 pmMarch 13, 2020 9:18 am

The Star-Ledger editorial board interviewed Brigid Callahan Harrison for an endorsement late last week, days before they reached out to two other candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. And three other...

Cunningham hammers Kennedy on ties to non-profit

March 4, 2020 2:20 am

Democratic congressional candidate Will Cunningham has slammed rival Amy Kennedy for her ties to a non-profit group run by her husband that took money from opioid manufacturers and addiction treatment centers. Cunningham has been pushing a two-year-old POLITICO story that...

Democratic registration lead trends down in CD2

March 3, 2020 1:43 pm

Republicans in the second cut slightly into Democrats’ voter registration lead in the second congressional district in February. The district now has 16,510 more Democrats than Republicans. At the start of February, that lead was a slightly-higher 16,896. Democrats added...