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Biden files for New Jersey primary

March 26, 2020 4:41 pmMarch 26, 2020 4:58 pm

Joe Biden filed petitions to run in the New Jersey Democratic presidential primary today and so far, is unopposed in a contest for the state’s 146 delegates. The filing deadline is 4 PM on March 30. President Donald Trump has...

Action Together NJ forms new non-profit to expand vote-by-mail

March 6, 2020 9:30 amMarch 6, 2020 12:50 pm

Action Together New Jersey has formed a new non-partisan, non-profit advocacy group to educate residents on vote-by-mail as a way to reduce barriers for low-income communities, as well as communities of color and New Jerseyans with disability. ATNJ Education Fund...

Democrats creep closer to registration lead in CD7

March 3, 2020 12:28 pmMarch 3, 2020 1:13 pm

Democrats will almost certainly outnumber Republicans in the seventh congressional district by April. In February, the district added 1,009 Democrats to its rolls, while Republican registration fell by 56. The changes bring the GOP registration edge down to 382. It...

Palatucci firm was being paid by Kean campaign when he tried to muscle Becchi

March 1, 2020 6:00 amMarch 1, 2020 5:10 pm

Republican National Committeeman Bill Palatucci leveraged his party post to pressure a candidate to drop her primary challenge to Tom Kean, Jr., while being paid $21,128 by the Kean for Congress campaign in 2019, the New Jersey Globe has learned....

Kean, Bramnick, Munoz endorse Ali for county chair

February 24, 2020 1:02 pm

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean (R-Westfield), Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Assembly Republican Conference Leader Nancy Munoz (R-Summit) have endorsed Laura Marie Ali for Morris County Republican chair. “We are proud to endorse Laura Marie Ali for Chair...

Former congressmen still holding on to warchests

February 20, 2020 12:48 pmFebruary 20, 2020 1:39 pm

Six former congressmen from New Jersey have a combined warchest of nearly $900,000, according to reports filed with the federal election commission. And Frank Lautenberg, who has been dead for nearly seven years, has $89,803 remaining in his campaign account....

Kean gets endorsement from Warren GOP

February 11, 2020 10:54 am

Warren County Republicans have endorsed Thomas Kean, Jr. for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district. Kean has now won Republican organization backing in five counties. He won conventions in Union, Somerset and Hunterdon counties in his bid to unseat freshman...