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Welle mulls Assembly bid

December 3, 2018 5:49 pmDecember 3, 2018 9:06 pm

Former Democratic congressional candidate Josh Welle says he is considering a bid for State Assembly in the 13th district next year and plans to decide by mid-January. “It’s something I’m taking a look at,” Welle told the New Jersey Globe. ...

Smith wins

November 6, 2018 9:45 pmNovember 7, 2018 4:02 am

Rep. Chris Smith was reelected by a wide margin to a seat he’s held since 1981, closing the door on a seat Democrats had hoped to pick up this year. Smith, New Jersey’s longest-sitting congressman, defeated Democrat Josh Welle by...

Democratic wave in New Jersey, FiveThirtyEight predicts

November 4, 2018 12:28 amNovember 4, 2018 11:46 am

FiveThirtyEight has forecasts that U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has an 11 in 12 chance (92.2%) of winning re-election to a third term on Tuesday, with New Jersey Democrats picking up four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to...

Beat it, kid!

October 30, 2018 2:58 pmOctober 30, 2018 4:45 pm

There more things change, the more they stay the same. One of the classic stories in New Jersey politics was the 1982 race for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th district. It was Ronald Reagan’s mid-term election and Christopher Smith was...

Welle slams Asbury Park Press for endorsing Smith

October 29, 2018 1:55 pm

A Democratic candidate for Congress today slammed the Asbury Park Press for endorsing the Republican incumbent for re-election to a 20th term. Josh Welle says the newspaper ignored his wartime military service and “falsely attacked his private section credentials” in...

Asbury Park Press endorses Smith

October 26, 2018 9:24 pm

The Asbury Park Press has endorsed Chris Smith for re-election to a 20th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Smith’s appeal stems largely from his relatively moderate Republican voting record and the belief among voters that he’s honest, hardworking, principled...

Welle has $156k in bank

October 26, 2018 12:36 pm

Democrat Josh Welle raised $200,015 between October 1-17 in his campaign to unseat nineteen-term Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) in New Jersey’s 4th district. That brings Welle’s total fundraising haul up to $1,497,915 for a campaign that is uphill even in...