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The history of Malinowski’s congressional seat

November 23, 2020 12:01 amNovember 23, 2020 10:41 am

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...

Malinowski now leads by 4,961 after gaining 412 votes on Kean

November 15, 2020 5:10 pmNovember 16, 2020 3:33 pm

Democratic Rep Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) expanded his lead over Republican Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) by 412 votes after Union County added 644 newly-counted votes to their tally on Sunday. Malinowski now leads Kean by 4,961 votes, 209,933 to 204,972 (50.6%...

Update: Still a huge number of uncounted ballots — probably around 35,000 –in NJ-7

November 12, 2020 11:27 pmNovember 13, 2020 4:10 pm

Correction: An adjusted number of uncounted ballots in the 7th district is closer to 36,853 after Somerset County adjusted some numbers on Friday. It appears that the county election administrator added the total number of uncounted provisional ballots in the...

Governor to phone into Malinowski rally Sunday

October 22, 2020 5:24 pmOctober 22, 2020 5:28 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will phone into a drive-in rally at Union County College to get the vote out for Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) on Sunday. Malinowski faces a challenge from State Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean (R-Westfield), who is seeking...

New York Times editorial board endorses Malinowski

October 20, 2020 10:26 pm

The editorial board of the paper of record endorsed Rep. Tom Malinowski’s (D-Ringoes) re-election Tuesday night. “It’s hard to find a member of Congress better suited to serve the country than Representative Tom Malinowski, a former diplomat who has promoted...

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Malinowski brings in $1.7 million in 3rd quarter

October 13, 2020 11:54 amOctober 13, 2020 1:13 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) raised more than $1.7 million in the 3rd quarter of 2020, and has $1,668,711 cash-on-hand for re-election campaign in New Jersey’s 7th district. Since taking office in January 2019, Malinowski has raised $5,950,063 without accepting corporate...