Matt Adams Archives - New Jersey Globe

New Scotch Plains candidate charged with assault

August 12, 2026 4:05 pm

A replacement candidate for Scotch Plains Township Council was arrested on assault charges on Monday, about two weeks after joining the race as a new Republican candidate. Gabrielle Gilles, the owner of a pop-up bakery called the Bite Me Bakery,...

Adams drops independent NJ-12 bid; judge to decide Rivera’s fate

June 8, 2026 7:37 pm

Matt Adams has dropped his bid to run for Congress as an independent in New Jersey’s 12th district after realizing the state’s sore loser law prevented him from running. Last week, Adams placed eleventh in a field of thirteen candidates...

A tale of two Democratic primaries

June 4, 2026 5:03 pmJune 5, 2026 4:51 pm

A few ballots from 2026’s primary elections still remain to be counted, but the two biggest contests of the night have been firmly decided: Rebecca Bennett and Adam Hamawy are the Democratic nominees in the 7th and 12th congressional districts....

Husband-and-wife duo from Tennessee will run as pro-life independents for competitive N.J. seats

June 3, 2026 1:10 pm

Twenty-two independent and minor-party candidates filed to run for U.S. House and Senate in New Jersey by yesterday’s deadline, including a prominent husband-and-wife duo from Tennessee running as anti-abortion candidates in New Jersey’s two most competitive congressional districts. Randall Terry,...

Adam Hamawy wins wide-open NJ-12 race in major victory for the left

June 2, 2026 10:00 pmJune 3, 2026 1:59 am

Adam Hamawy is set to become the next congressman from New Jersey’s 12th congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, after winning a 12-candidate Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing). Hamawy, a plastic surgeon and U.S....

Judge allows son of NJ-12 candidate to vote in Dem. primary after registration snafu

June 2, 2026 5:09 pm

The son of a candidate in New Jersey’s 12th congressional district will be allowed to vote in the Democratic primary after his attempt to register as a Democratic voter in January was not officially registered. Matt Adams, a former two-term...

NJ-12 Democratic candidate files as independent while running in the primary

May 30, 2026 5:13 pm

One of the Democratic candidates running in next week’s 12th district congressional primary has filed to run as an independent in the general election, a likely violation of New Jersey’s Sore Loser law. Matt Adams, a former two-term Middlesex Borough...