Madelyn Hoffman Archives - New Jersey Globe

County Clerks to draw for ballots at 3 PM

August 10, 2020 1:55 pm

Minor political parties have no statutory preference for general election ballot drawings over candidates who simply received enough signatures to gain a place on the November ballot. County Clerks will draw for ballot position at 3 PM today. Most of...

Fifteen independents mount congressional bids

July 7, 2020 7:49 pmJuly 7, 2020 8:05 pm

Fifteen candidates from 12 minor political parties have filed to run for New Jersey’s House and Senate seats. Longtime environmental and social justice activist Madelyn Hoffman is running for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-Newark) seat as the Green Party’s nominee,...

Green Party nominates Madelyn Hoffman for U.S. Senate

May 2, 2020 5:57 pmMay 3, 2020 7:39 pm

The Green Party of New Jersey has picked Madelyn Hoffman, a longtime environmental and social justice activist, as their candidate for U.S. Senate at their annual convention held remotely on Zoom on Saturday. Hoffman, who was unopposed, becomes the candidate...

Green Party registration in N.J. has tripled since Trump took office

March 2, 2020 10:04 am

The number of New Jerseyans registered to vote as members of the Green Party has tripled since Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016. The state now has 10,930 registered voters, up from 3,068 in Election Day 2016, according...

Madelyn Hoffman says she may run against Booker

April 25, 2019 10:00 pmApril 26, 2019 12:09 pm

Madelyn Hoffman has formed an exploratory committee for a possible bid for the Green Party nomination for U.S. Senate against Cory Booker in 2020. Hoffman, 62, spent eighteen years as executive director of New Jersey Peace Action and is a...

McCann poll has Gottheimer ahead by 9 points

October 25, 2018 5:03 pmOctober 26, 2018 8:55 am

Freshman Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) has a nine-point lead over Republican John McCann, 47%-38% in New Jersey’s 5th district, according to a McLaughlin & Associates poll conducted for the McCann campaign. The most recent survey was done by Jim McLaughlin,...

Sabrin releases full internal poll

August 23, 2018 1:31 pmAugust 23, 2018 7:49 pm

An internal poll released in its entirety by Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Murray Sabrin on Monday showed U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez leading Bob Hugin 40%-30%, with Sabrin, the only third-party candidate included in the poll, pulling in 7%. It’s likely...