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Neibart will seek Bucco Assembly seat

November 13, 2019 8:18 pm

Mendham Township Deputy Mayor Sarah Neibart will seek the 25th district State Assembly seat Anthony R. Bucco vacated in October when he moved up to the State Senate. Republican County Committee members have called a special election convention for November...

Race for Bucco’s seat could get crowded

November 9, 2019 10:58 pmNovember 11, 2019 10:56 am

The field of candidates to fill the remaining seven weeks of Anthony M. Bucco’s term in the State Assembly appears to be growing in advance of the November 14 filing deadline. Bucco resigned from the Assembly on October 24 after...

Guide to Union County Elections

November 2, 2019 10:56 pmNovember 3, 2019 5:29 pm

Republicans have not won a countywide election in Union County since 1995 and have not won a race for Surrogate since 1978. With 113,470 more Democrats than Republicans, there is no indication that Union County will change its political direction...

Help Wanted: Minority Conference Leader for Senate, Assembly

October 28, 2019 8:13 am

The death of State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco (R-Boonton) in September has set up a series of changes in the Republican leadership team in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature, regardless of the outcome of the 2019 mid-term elections....

Phillipsburg Democratic councilman switches parties

October 23, 2019 12:28 pm

A Democratic councilman from Phillipsburg has switched parties and will support the Republican challenger in the November 5 mayoral race. Mark Lutz, who won 31% of the vote in his Democratic primary challenge to Mayor Steven Ellis, switched to the...

Becchi raises $387k for congressional bid vs. Malinowski

October 15, 2019 4:21 pmOctober 15, 2019 6:53 pm

Republican congressional candidate Rosemary Becchi has raised $387,712 for her bid to unseat freshman Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) in New Jersey’s 7th district. A former U.S. Senate staffer, Becchi faces State Sen. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) and human resources...

Malinowski raises $1.78 million for 2019, has $1.49 million cash-on-hand

October 15, 2019 7:00 amOctober 15, 2019 11:47 am

Freshman Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) has raised nearly $1.78 million since taking office six months ago and has $1.49 million in his warchest as he prepares to seek a second term as the congressman from New Jersey’s 7th district....