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Candy Straight, leading voice for the election of women to public office, dies at 73

June 13, 2021 1:12 pmJune 14, 2021 4:05 pm

Candace L. Straight, a savvy investment banker and film producer, zealous advocate for the election of women candidates for state and local office across the nation, and a popular Republican fundraiser, died on June 13 at Hackensack University Medical Center...

Super PAC will support Schepisi for Senate

February 9, 2021 9:00 amFebruary 9, 2021 9:43 am

Women for a Stronger New Jersey, a super PAC seeking to elect moderate Republican women has endorsed Holly Schepisi for State Senate in the 39th district. “In the Assembly, Holly has been a strong voice for smart economic policy, an...

As Richter and Gibbs fight for GOP nod, Kim builds warchest from the sidelines

March 5, 2020 11:17 amMarch 5, 2020 3:24 pm

The race to pick an opponent for freshman Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) is now expected to be decided in the June 2 Republican primary after millionaire David Richter won the Ocean County GOP line at the party’s convention last night....

GOP women pledge to raise money for Gibbs

January 27, 2020 12:04 pmJanuary 27, 2020 1:53 pm

A group of leading Republican women who run the Women for Stronger New Jersey PAC say that they are prepared to help Kate Gibbs raise money to help unseat Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) if David Richter switches to the 3rd...

Democrats have huge fundraising edge for open Assembly seat in 25th

May 31, 2019 1:12 pmMay 31, 2019 3:36 pm

Three Republicans seeking the open seat of Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris Township) went into the final stretch of the primary election with relatively even warchests, according to 11-day pre-primary reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission....

Congress 2020: The first short lists

November 11, 2018 12:01 amNovember 12, 2018 9:08 am

Democrats appear to have won four New Jersey House seats on Tuesday that have been under Republican control for a combined 128 years. Republicans are already talking about how to win them back in two years. If Republicans want to...