Josh Gottheimer Archives - New Jersey Globe

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Bergen County in 2026

August 5, 2026 6:52 amAugust 4, 2026 8:40 pm

For generations, Bergen County was the place where Republican statewide campaigns lived or died. Before Chris Christie rewrote New Jersey’s electoral map in 2009 by running up enormous margins in the fast-growing Republican counties of Ocean, Monmouth and Morris –...

MVC vendor also fingerprints tens of thousands of N.J. school workers; contract being monitored

July 29, 2026 8:45 pmJuly 30, 2026 9:42 am

The company at the center of a widening controversy over New Jersey’s voter rolls also collects fingerprints used to vet tens of thousands of people who work in the state’s schools, prompting state education officials to increase scrutiny of a...

Kean backs congressional stock trading limits as House passes bill

July 22, 2026 6:52 pmJuly 22, 2026 6:53 pm

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would prohibit members of Congress and their immediate families from purchasing individual stocks, giving Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) a politically potent vote in a competitive re-election race where his personal...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Passaic County in 2026

July 22, 2026 3:48 pmJuly 22, 2026 8:41 pm

Passaic County has been part of the Democratic Party’s winning coalition in the Garden State throughout most of the 21st century. The county routinely voted for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot starting in the 2000s. That makes 2024...

Trump Justice Department demands records on 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote in N.J.

July 22, 2026 9:13 am

The U.S. Department of Justice has given Gov. Mikie Sherrill five business days to turn over the identities and voting records of roughly 6,600 noncitizens mistakenly registered to vote in New Jersey, escalating the state’s voter registration controversy into a...

Gottheimer seeks federal audit of IDEMIA contracts

July 22, 2026 8:00 amJuly 21, 2026 11:34 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly) is calling for a sweeping federal audit of every government contract involving IDEMIA, the French identity and security software company linked to a glitch that improperly registered approximately 6,600 noncitizens to vote in New Jersey. In...

House Democrats boost Bennett’s campaign coffers after primary win

July 18, 2026 2:31 pmJuly 20, 2026 12:09 pm

WASHINGTON — House Democrats rushed to fill the coffers of former Navy pilot Rebecca Bennett after the New Jersey primary, shoring up the finances of one of their best hopes of capturing a Republican-held seat this fall when control of...