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DuHaime firm opens Ohio office

June 1, 2022 10:55 am

A new public affairs firm opened by Mike DuHaime earlier is now expanding into Ohio, with two top advisors to U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance signing on to join MAD Global. Jai Chabria and Taylor Van Kirk both worked at...

Zimmer, former GOP congressman from N.J., to endorse Biden

August 24, 2020 11:07 am

Former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-Delaware Township), a former three-term Republican congressman and the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 and 2008, will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president today, the Biden campaign said. The Hunterdon County Republican is one...

In DNC’s final day, NJ Democrats urge unity against Trump

August 20, 2020 11:54 amAugust 21, 2020 7:05 pm

In their final convention delegate breakfast, New Jersey Democrats focused on two things: unity and defeating President Donald Trump. Some of the country’s top Democrats, including Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), joined to...

Whitman, who grew up Republican, now backing Biden

August 17, 2020 3:03 pmAugust 17, 2020 3:36 pm

When Christine Todd Whitman was six-years-old, Republican vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon campaign in Somerset County and she was asked to present a gift of some dolls for Nixon’s daughters to play with. She was a Republican born into a...

Booker gets coveted Thursday night speaking slot at Democratic convention

August 11, 2020 8:39 amAugust 11, 2020 1:23 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker will address the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, August 20, the same night Joe Biden will accept the Democratic presidential nomination. The theme of the final night of the convention – typically the most watched —...

In GOP stronghold of Morris County, Democrats had a much bigger primary turnout

July 26, 2020 8:21 pm

Morris County has 24,903 more Republicans than Democrats, but in a primary election held primarily through vote-by-mail ballots, Democrats turned out in much greater numbers. Turnout in a primary that was relatively non-competitive produced a 49% turnout for Democrats and...

Sanders will stay on the July 7 ballot in New Jersey

April 8, 2020 1:25 pmApril 8, 2020 1:34 pm

Bernie Sanders intends to remain on the ballot in the July 7 New Jersey primary election. Delegate candidates who filed to run on his slate will remain on the ballot unless they proactively decide to drop out of the race....