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Brian Varela earns surprise endorsement from Steve Sweeney

November 19, 2025 9:30 amNovember 19, 2025 9:36 am

Democrat Brian Varela’s campaign for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district has been picking up local endorsements for months, but today he got an unexpected endorsement from further afield: that of former State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford). The two...

Mapping Assembly Democrats’ dominant night

November 14, 2025 4:59 pmNovember 17, 2025 8:38 am

Assembly Democrats went into Election Day just hoping to play solid defense. On a solid night, they would’ve held all their Assembly seats. On a great night, Democrats would’ve picked up two or three. They ended up nabbing five. Now,...

Twenty takeaways on the 2025 Blue Wave and what comes next

November 7, 2025 3:16 pmNovember 21, 2025 12:11 am

Mikie Sherrill beats Jack Ciattarelli by more than 13 points. Democrats gain as many as five seats in the State Assembly, giving them their largest Assembly majority since the Watergate wave of 1973. Towns across the state that voted for...

Democrat leads GOP assemblyman by 671 in close race

November 5, 2025 8:50 pmNovember 5, 2025 9:02 pm

The race for one State Assembly seat in the 25th district remains too close to call, with Democrat Marisa Sweeney expanding her lead to 671 votes against Republican Assemblyman Christian Barranco (R-Jefferson) in what could be one of the biggest...

Dunn wins one seat in LD25; other seat too close to call

November 5, 2025 12:41 am

GOP Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) has narrowly won re-election in New Jersey’s 25th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, but the other seat remains too close to call between Assemblyman Christian Barranco (R-Jefferson), a Republican, and Morristown planning board...

Here are the general election matchups in New Jersey’s competitive legislative races

June 12, 2025 2:54 pmJune 12, 2025 11:14 pm

After last night’s primary elections, New Jersey Democrats and Republicans alike now have gubernatorial standard-bearers they can rally behind in November: Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for the blue team, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-Somerville) for the red. Just as importantly,...

A rundown of today’s races for the N.J. Legislature

June 10, 2025 6:01 amJune 10, 2025 7:34 pm

This story was originally published on March 25, 2025, after the primary election filing deadline, and has been edited in many districts to reflect the current state of races. Over 200 candidates will compete in Democratic and Republican primaries today...