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Mount Laurel GOP seeks non-partisan elections

April 9, 2019 8:38 pmApril 10, 2019 1:41 pm

A Hail Mary by Mount Laurel Republicans to shift to non-partisan elections could wind up helping Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) win a second term. Democrats won two council seats in Mount Laurel in 2018 and the three remaining GOP incumbents...

Millionaire David Richter mulls self-funded challenge to Jeff Van Drew

March 2, 2019 12:00 pmMarch 12, 2019 5:59 pm

David Richter, the former CEO of one of the nation’s largest construction firms, is considering a self-funded challenge to freshman Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) in New Jersey’s 2nd district next year. He is attending the NJGOP Summit in Atlantic...

Final: Kim beats MacArthur by 3,973

December 5, 2018 10:39 am

Democrat Andy Kim unseated two-term Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur by 3,973 votes, according to the final results of the 2018 mid-term election released by the New Jersey Secretary of State. The race for the 3rd district was not decided until...

Congress 2020: The first short lists

November 11, 2018 12:01 amNovember 12, 2018 9:08 am

Democrats appear to have won four New Jersey House seats on Tuesday that have been under Republican control for a combined 128 years. Republicans are already talking about how to win them back in two years. If Republicans want to...

Recalling the time Republicans won the map

November 8, 2018 10:46 am

If the current numbers hold up and Andy Kim beats Tom MacArthur, Republicans ought to return their trophy for winning the 2011 congressional redistricting battle. The consensus in December 2011 was that the GOP scored a win when redistricting tie-breaker...

New Jerseys 20 Living ex-Congressmen

October 15, 2018 9:15 amOctober 15, 2018 1:40 pm

Rush Holt is 70 today, the 11th oldest of the nineteen living former Congressmen from New Jersey. The oldest is Cornelius Gallagher, who celebrated his 97th birthday last March. The Bayonne Democrat was first elected to Congress in 1958, making...

Kim has more cash in bank than MacArthur

July 15, 2018 1:09 pmJuly 18, 2018 11:19 am

Former Obama White House staffer Any Kim outpaced the Republican incumbent in fundraising by a margin of nearly 3-1 since April and now has a warchest that is significantly higher than two-term Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-Toms River). MacArthur raised $281,963...