Joseph Fortunato Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge weighs Libertarian’s place on ballot in pivotal NJ-7 race

August 25, 2026 10:14 pmAugust 25, 2026 10:15 pm

A federal judge pressed New Jersey officials Tuesday to explain how they stopped enforcing a state election law requiring nominating petition circulators to be state residents as he considered whether a Libertarian candidate should appear on the ballot in one...

Leguía cures federal court filing lapse in bid to return to NJ-7 ballot

August 17, 2026 12:28 amAugust 16, 2026 9:23 pm

Libertarian Lana Leguía’s attorney properly filed her missing papers in federal court on Saturday, curing a procedural lapse that had threatened to derail her last-ditch bid to return to the ballot in New Jersey’s highly competitive 7th congressional district. U.S....

Leguía takes NJ-7 ballot fight to federal court after four losses in state court

August 13, 2026 9:31 pmAugust 13, 2026 9:31 pm

Libertarian congressional candidate Lana Leguía has moved her fight for a place on the November ballot to federal court after the New Jersey Supreme Court twice refused to hear an appellate ruling that knocked her out of one of the...

N.J. Supreme Court again rejects Leguía bid to get back on NJ-7 ballot

August 11, 2026 7:52 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court this morning denied Libertarian congressional candidate Lana Leguía’s last-ditch effort to remain on the ballot in the highly competitive 7th congressional district, rejecting her bid for reconsideration of its decision last Friday to uphold an...

Deputy Attorney General sidesteps constitutional question in NJ-7 ballot dispute

July 31, 2026 3:24 pmJuly 31, 2026 9:36 pm

An appellate court fight over whether Libertarian Lana Leguía can remain on the general election ballot in New Jersey’s hugely competitive 7th district congressional race has produced an unusual position from the state attorney general’s office: Secretary of State Dale...