Leonard Lance Archives

Republicans name their six Congressional Redistricting Commission members

May 28, 2021 4:12 pmMay 31, 2021 11:06 pm

Former GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt has been named to the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission, one of six Republican who will help draw twelve House districts for the 2022 mid-term elections. The picks appear to boost the clout of...

Malinowski raises $920k in first three months of year

April 7, 2021 9:47 pmApril 8, 2021 9:35 am

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) raised a towering $920,000 during the first three months of 2021 and has over $807,000 cash-on-hand as he prepares to seek re-election to a third term next year in New Jersey’s 7th district. Malinowski’s fundraising success...

Ex-Congressman Pappas mulls State Senate bid for Bateman seat

February 8, 2021 6:48 pmFebruary 9, 2021 11:01 am

Former Rep. Michael J. Pappas is mulling a State Senate bid in the 16th district, setting up a potentially epic primary between two former congressmen in pursuit of a seat in the New Jersey Legislature. Pappas has been discussing a...

Kean retirement sparks GOP leadership elections in Senate, Assembly

February 1, 2021 2:45 pmFebruary 1, 2021 3:51 pm

Today’s announcement by Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) that he will not seek re-election to the State Senate will trigger a change in Republican leadership in both houses. Republicans will need to replace Kean as the senate Republican leader when his...

Doherty, DiMaio, Peterson will seek re-election

December 15, 2020 8:23 pm

The three incumbent Republican legislators from the 23rd district – State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Oxford) and Assemblymen John DiMaio (R-Hackettstown) and Erik Peterson (R-Franklin) — announced on Tuesday night that they would seek re-election in 2021. The heavily-Republican district includes...

The history of Malinowski’s congressional seat

November 23, 2020 12:01 amJanuary 3, 2021 1:51 pm

The re-election of Tom Malinowski marked the third time in more than 100 years that New Jersey’s 7th district elected and re-elected a Democrat. Before Malinowski unseated five-term Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton Township) in 2018, Republicans had held the 7th...

Malinowski vs. Kean race tightens again, but not enough to matter

November 19, 2020 5:38 pmNovember 19, 2020 8:16 pm

With Morris County ballots now completely counted, Republican Tom Kean gained 102 more votes in his 7th district congressional bid, leaving Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski with a 4,891-vote lead. Kean took 142 of the last 182 votes in the Morris...