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Mullock gets home-county endorsement from Cape May Dems

March 9, 2026 10:40 pmMarch 9, 2026 11:09 pm

Cape May County Democrats voted to endorse their favorite-son candidate, Cape May Mayor Zack Mullock, for the 2nd congressional district at a county committee meeting tonight. The endorsement was conducted by voice vote, so it’s difficult to know what Mullock’s...

A brief electoral history of Sean Spiller

January 28, 2025 5:22 pmJanuary 29, 2025 10:21 am

If Sean Spiller is elected governor of New Jersey this year, it will be the culmination of two very different strands of the Democrat’s life and career. One of those strands is Spiller the teacher: Spiller started out as a...

What to expect at today‘s Mercer and Cape May Democratic conventions

March 11, 2024 11:22 amMarch 11, 2024 8:48 pm

This story was first published last week as part of a larger preview of upcoming county conventions; it has been lightly edited for republication here. Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) and First Lady Tammy Murphy will face off today in two...

Four more counties will soon make the choice between Andy Kim and Tammy Murphy

March 7, 2024 12:02 pmMarch 8, 2024 12:04 am

Editor’s note: this story was updated at 4:30 p.m. to reflect the fact that Cumberland Democrats have moved their Senate endorsement vote to March 21. On Monday, after Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) had won five successive Democratic county conventions for...

Breaking down the county-by-county battle between Andy Kim and Tammy Murphy

December 15, 2023 6:24 pmDecember 18, 2023 9:34 am

Every once in a while, there’s an election that makes the other 49 states suddenly pay a huge amount of attention to New Jersey politics. Next year’s explosive race for the United States Senate, with First Lady Tammy Murphy and...

Sherrill was in Cape May, Ocean and Monmouth to boost local Democrats

October 16, 2023 10:21 amOctober 16, 2023 4:22 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) spent Sunday stumping for Democratic candidates across the state as she continues to explore a bid for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2025. She boosted the campaigns of Ben Giovine for mayor of Toms River...

Murphy mandates masks in schools

August 6, 2021 3:31 pmAugust 7, 2021 12:06 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that masks will be mandated indoors in New Jersey schools for the beginning of the upcoming school year. “Due to the recent and rampant spread of the Delta variant, the fact that no child under...