Jon Runyan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Mailer rips Richter’s record at construction firm, ties him to Gaddafi ‘blood money’

May 20, 2020 10:19 amMay 20, 2020 2:27 pm

A hard-hitting direct mail piece savaging GOP congressional candidate David Richter’s business ventures in China, Syria and Libya and his hiring of Joe Biden’s brother, will hit the mailboxes of Republican primary voters in the next day or two. The...

78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020 3:16 pmMay 14, 2020 10:25 am

In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...

Andy Kim raises $758k in 1st quarter, has more than $2.7 million in warchest

April 15, 2020 9:31 amApril 15, 2020 12:26 pm

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) raised $757,774 in the first three months of this year and has $2,741,702 cash-on-hand as he seeks a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kim has raised $3,426,165 since taking office in January 2019,...

Shelley Adler backs Bloomberg for president

February 20, 2020 4:54 pmFebruary 20, 2020 8:05 pm

Shelley Adler, a former Cherry Hill councilwoman and widow of former Rep. John Adler, has endorsed Michael Bloomberg for the Democratic presidential nomination. Adler is the first endorsement for Bloomberg from Camden County, which looks to be in a holding...

Former congressmen still holding on to warchests

February 20, 2020 12:48 pmFebruary 20, 2020 1:39 pm

Six former congressmen from New Jersey have a combined warchest of nearly $900,000, according to reports filed with the federal election commission. And Frank Lautenberg, who has been dead for nearly seven years, has $89,803 remaining in his campaign account....

Wheeler joining Ciattarelli’s gubernatorial campaign

February 5, 2020 5:52 pm

Brittany Wheeler is departing her post as chief of staff to Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips (R-Wyckoff) and will join Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign for governor, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Ciattarelli formally launched his campaign in January, although he hasn’t stopped...

Eric Arpert will manage Ciattarelli campaign

February 1, 2020 3:39 pmFebruary 1, 2020 3:41 pm

Jack Ciattarelli has picked an operative schooled in New Jersey politics by the legendary Glenn Paulsen to manage his campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Eric Arpert, who has worked for Rep. Jon Runyan (R-Moorestown), then-State Sen. Sean Kean (R-Wall)...