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NJ-2 candidates should disavow Callaway, seven Dem chairs say

February 28, 2020 6:23 pmFebruary 29, 2020 2:07 pm

Seven Democratic county chairmen from South Jersey are calling on 2nd district congressional candidates to sign a pledge disavowing support from the Callaway-led Atlantic City Democratic organization. The group, which voted last month to endorse Amy Kennedy, is run by...

Menendez endorses Brigid Harrison for Congress

February 27, 2020 12:05 pmFebruary 27, 2020 6:11 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is taking sides in the Democratic primary for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district, endorsing Brigid Callahan Harrison. Menendez called Harrison “the one who can make it happen” as Democrats seek to flip a House seat...

Little conflict at CD2 Dem forum

February 20, 2020 9:12 pm

A candidate forum between Democrats running for the nod to take on Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) came and went with little drama Thursday evening. The roughly two-hour-long event saw six of the district’s seven Democratic candidates — Amy Kennedy,...

Here are the questions CD2 Dems will field tonight

February 20, 2020 3:04 pmFebruary 20, 2020 3:29 pm

Update: The New Jersey Globe has learned that Atlantic County Democrats may be changing their questions following their leaking. Democratic House candidates in the second congressional district will be asked up to eight questions at a candidate forum hosted by...

Montclair State University professor Brigid Callahan Harrison is considering running against Jeff Van Drew.

Bricklayers bash Van Drew, endorse Harrison

February 20, 2020 1:57 pmFebruary 20, 2020 1:57 pm

The head of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local #4 and #5 slammed Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) in is endorsement of Brigid Callahan Harrison for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. “Having been betrayed by...

Harrison wins Cumberland Democratic line

February 19, 2020 10:04 pmFebruary 20, 2020 3:31 pm

Brigid Callahan Harrison won the organization line in Cumberland County tonight in her bid for Democratic nomination to take on party-switching Rep. Jefferson Van Drew (R-Dennis) in New Jersey’s 2nd district. In a vote of the party steering committee that...

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

CD2 Dem truce meets its end

February 13, 2020 5:29 pmFebruary 13, 2020 8:53 pm

A tenuous truce between Democratic congressional candidates in the second district brought on by President Donald Trump’s visit to New Jersey met its end Thursday. Brigid Harrison on Thursday put out a press release urging electoral reforms that cited her...