Madelyn Hoffman Archives - New Jersey Globe

Green Party gets new gubernatorial candidate

August 21, 2025 6:30 pmAugust 22, 2025 2:50 am

Lily Benavides, a former New Hampshire state legislator and an immigrant from Colombia, has filed 2,434 signatures to become the Green Party candidate for governor of New Jersey on the general election ballot, replacing Stephen N. Zielinski, Sr.. Citing a...

Independent Lt. Governor candidates say both parties have failed to solve New Jersey’s problems

October 12, 2021 1:27 am

Two independent candidates for Lt. Governor called on New Jerseyans to consider alternatives to the Democratic and Republican parties during a debate sponsored by the New Jersey Globe on Monday evening. Eveline Brownstein is running on the Libertarian ticket with...

ELEC reports close to $58 million spent on gubernatorial election so far

October 6, 2021 12:22 pmOctober 6, 2021 1:15 pm

New Jersey’s gubernatorial election has witnessed $57.9 million in total spending, a new report from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) said today, higher than the $52.9 million spent at this point in the 2017 election. $27.7 million,...

How to watch tonight’s debate

September 28, 2021 12:01 amSeptember 28, 2021 11:59 am

New Jersey’s major-party gubernatorial candidates, Gov. Phil Murphy and former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, will at long last meet head-to-head today at the first of two gubernatorial debates. The debate will be at 7 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts...

Hoffman becomes 2nd independent to file for governor

June 8, 2021 10:37 am

Madelyn R. Hoffman, a longtime environmental and social justice activist, has filed her nominating petitions to run as the Green Party candidate. This is her 7th bid for public office. The 64-year-old Hoffman filed with 1,275 signatures. The deadline for...

Independent filing deadline is June 8

May 21, 2021 1:50 pm

The deadline for independent candidates to file for the November 2 general election is at 4 PM on June 8, the date of the primary election. For decades, independents had to file at the same time Democrats and Republicans filed...

Hoffman wants Green Party nod for governor

April 8, 2021 5:42 pm

Veteran environmental and social justice activist Madelyn Hoffman will seek the Green Party nomination for governor in what will be her fifth bid for public office. The 64-year-old Hoffman spent eighteen years as executive director of New Jersey Peace Action....