Jon Runyan Archives - New Jersey Globe

NFL coach and ex-mayor hints at congressional run against Andy Kim

January 21, 2021 12:53 pmJanuary 21, 2021 6:04 pm

An NFL coach who also served three terms as mayor of a New Jersey refused to rule out a challenge to Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) in New Jersey’s 3rd district in 2022, saying he wants to help Republicans regain the...

Ex-N.J. Democratic candidate now advocating for Trump, alleging wild election fraud claims

December 31, 2020 10:45 am

One of the lawyers working with Sidney Powell to make rambling allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election is a Lakewood man who ran for office three times as a Democrat. Lakewood attorney Howard Kleinhendler ran on the...

Runyan endorses Richter for House seat he once held

October 9, 2020 10:42 am

Former Rep. Jon Runyan, a onetime National Football League star who spent four years as the congressman from New Jersey’s 3rd district, has endorsed David Richter for his old seat. Richter, a former Hill International CEO, is challenging freshman Rep....

Andy Kim endorsed by Laborers Union, which backed his opponent in 2018

July 16, 2020 5:00 amJuly 16, 2020 1:45 pm

The New Jersey Laborers Union (LiUNA) has endorsed freshman Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) for re-election, flipping one of the state’s most politically influential building trades unions to his side just two years they backed his opponent. The Laborers backed the...

New Jersey hedge fund buying major daily newspaper chain

July 13, 2020 10:27 am

A New Jersey-based hedge fund is expected to become the new owners of McClatchy, which operates 30 major daily newspapers in fourteen states, including the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star, and the Charlotte Observer. Chatham Asset Management controls American...

Dems make registration gains in key N.J. congressional districts

July 2, 2020 11:05 amJuly 2, 2020 5:36 pm

Democrats have gained voters in New Jersey’s most competitive congressional districts. The 3rd, where Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) is seeking re-election in a district that hasn’t re-elected a Democratic congressman since the 1852, there are now 14,910 more Democrats than...

Andy Kim raises whopping $1 million in Q2, has $3.5 million warchest

June 30, 2020 9:44 pm

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) has expanded his warchest to over $3.5 million in his bid for re-election to a 2nd term in Congress after raising over $1 million during the second quarter of 2020. Without taking any corporate PAC money,...