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U.S. Senate candidate Justin Murphy has $122 in the bank

July 15, 2026 2:20 pmJuly 15, 2026 6:27 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Justin Murphy has $122 cash-on-hand as he prepares for a general election bid against Democratic incumbent Cory Booker. Murphy, the former deputy mayor of Tabernacle, a small municipality in South Jersey, was the surprise winner of...

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

July 14, 2026 6:55 pmJuly 15, 2026 9:22 am

Atlantic County is arguably the most politically competitive county in New Jersey and has been since the Nucky Johnson-to-Hap Farley GOP machine was overthrown in 1971. Despite the Republican lock on county government, elections in Atlantic County are sometimes closer...

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

July 13, 2026 8:00 pmJuly 14, 2026 10:58 am

Middlesex County has long been one of New Jersey’s strongest Democratic bastions. Home to nearly 900,000 residents, it is the state’s third-most populous county, with its Democratic dominance reinforced by a powerful county organization and heavily Democratic municipalities such as...

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

July 11, 2026 2:06 pmJuly 20, 2026 2:25 pm

Warren County remains one of New Jersey’s most reliably Republican strongholds, where GOP dominance is so entrenched that most county and local races this year—including a seat on the Board of County Commissioners—are uncontested. In the contested ones, the GOP...

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

July 8, 2026 4:23 pmJuly 9, 2026 3:57 pm

For more than a century, Somerset County stood among New Jersey’s premier Republican strongholds. It backed Herbert Hoover over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, remained reliably Republican through the New Deal and postwar eras, and...

Murphy launches 21-county town hall tour in Senate bid against Booker

July 2, 2026 12:05 pmJuly 2, 2026 5:17 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Justin Murphy will take his campaign directly to voters this summer and fall, announcing plans to hold 21 town hall meetings — one in every New Jersey county– in an effort to build support for his...

Ballot rotation bill draws scrutiny over party role, election logistics

June 23, 2026 10:10 pmJune 24, 2026 11:16 am

A bill designed to dilute the electoral advantage of drawing the coveted first spot on New Jersey primary ballots received a hearing Tuesday, as lawmakers weighed a proposal to rotate candidates’ names while election officials and voting-rights advocates raised concerns...