LaMonica McIver Archives - New Jersey Globe

Mejia, who wants to abolish ICE, will sit on House panel that oversees DHS

April 21, 2026 12:05 pm

Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-Glen Ridge), who campaigned on an explicit promise to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is now a member of the panel that oversees that agency and the rest of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda. House Democrats...

Less than two months from primary day, here’s where New Jersey’s congressional fundraising stands

April 17, 2026 10:25 amApril 18, 2026 9:55 am

The candidate list is set and the primary is less than two months away: any New Jersey congressional candidate who wants a spot on November’s general election ballot had better be fundraising for it. Some races, like the Democratic primaries...

The final list of who’s running for Congress in New Jersey in 2026

April 2, 2026 3:08 pm

This story was originally published on March 24, shortly after the filing deadline had passed. Now that petition challenges have been decided and the list of candidates is final, the New Jersey Globe is republishing it with minor edits to...

How N.J.’s congressional delegation voted in March

March 31, 2026 9:52 am

Click here for a web version of the New Jersey Globe’s March 2026 vote tracker, with links to the bills and votes in question, or scroll to the bottom of this article for a PDF version. Will the Department of...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 27, 2026 5:46 pm

Thanks to collaboration between the White House and the federal judiciary, New Jersey at last has a lawfully appointed U.S. Attorney again, bringing to an end a battle that’s been hounding the state for more than a year. But another...

Here’s who filed to run for Congress in New Jersey in 2026

March 24, 2026 5:54 pm

With filing day in the rearview mirror and two-and-a-half months to go until the June 2 primary, the fields for New Jersey’s 2026 U.S. Senate and House elections are mostly settled. New Jersey is hosting one incredibly crowded open-seat Democratic...

Eight N.J. incumbents face no primary opponents for re-election

March 24, 2026 12:24 pm

One of the most important national storylines of the 2026 election is entrenched incumbents of both parties facing serious primary challengers, but what may be a wave in other states has turned into a trickle in New Jersey: only three...