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Jeremy Feigenbaum, New Jersey’s first solicitor general, will leave state government

July 21, 2026 10:02 amJuly 21, 2026 11:55 am

Jeremy Feigenbaum, New Jersey’s first solicitor general and one of the most consequential lawyers ever to serve in state government, will leave office on September 10 after six years overseeing the state’s most significant constitutional and appellate litigation. Feigenbaum, 37,...

LeRoy Jones re-elected to lead Essex Dems; Craig Guy gets second term as Hudson Democratic Chairman

June 17, 2026 8:37 pmJune 17, 2026 8:41 pm

LeRoy Jones, Jr. was re-elected to another term as Essex County Democratic Chairman without opposition tonight, and Craig Guy was unopposed in his bid for three more years as the Hudson County Democratic Chairman on Monday. Jones, a former assemblyman...

Parano named executive director of N.J. Dems

June 16, 2026 2:18 pm

Veteran Democratic strategist David Parano is the new executive director of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, taking over the day-to-day leadership of the state party as Democrats prepare for the 2026 midterm elections and begin laying the groundwork for...

Roth regains access to VAN after red box snafu

May 15, 2026 5:36 pm

State Democrats have restored VAN access for 7th district Democratic candidate Michael Roth after a dustup yesterday, giving Roth’s campaign the ability to once again utilize the critical voter database ahead of the June 2 primary. Earlier this week, Roth’s...

State Democrats suspend Roth’s VAN access after voter data is posted in red box

May 14, 2026 1:56 pmMay 14, 2026 3:58 pm

7th district Democratic candidate Michael Roth’s access to VAN, the database that Democratic campaigns use for their voter outreach, has been suspended after the New Jersey Democratic State Committee learned his campaign had publicly posted VAN voter data on its...

‘A real setback’: Black N.J. leaders decry Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling

April 29, 2026 4:37 pmMay 1, 2026 11:16 am

A Supreme Court decision limiting the reach of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on redistricting may have huge ramifications for Black representation in Congress, and many of New Jersey’s Black political leaders are reacting with dismay – though they’re not...

Was a New Jersey special election the canary in the coal mine for Democrats?

March 12, 2026 8:17 pmMarch 13, 2026 12:39 pm

In a town where Republicans usually measure victory by how large the margin is, not whether they win, the results of a special election in Oakland on Tuesday could portend big trouble for down-ballot GOP candidates in the November midterm...