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County chairs not concerned about Sanders staying on ballot after dropping presidential bid

April 9, 2020 6:05 pmApril 9, 2020 7:35 pm

New Jersey’s Democratic county chairs aren’t criticizing U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for staying on the ballot after dropping out of the presidential race, though they urged unity amid the functional end of the race for the party nod to...

Atlantic Dem chairman slams activist for ‘hateful rhetoric’

April 8, 2020 10:40 amApril 8, 2020 3:40 pm

Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Michael Suleiman blasted a would-be candidate for a Democratic county committee seat for ‘hateful rhetoric” surrounding her lawsuit to block the postponement of party leadership elections until 2021. Helen Duda, a progressive seeking a county committee...

Atlantic Dems postpone county committee elections

March 21, 2020 7:59 pmMarch 21, 2020 8:06 pm

Atlantic County Democrats will extend the terms of their county committee members until June 2021, following a recommendation by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee to postpone those elections as the state deals with the deadly coronavirus. Michael Suleiman, the...

Democrats say postponing county committee elections is recommendation, not a mandate

March 20, 2020 3:38 pmMarch 20, 2020 5:02 pm

Democratic State Chairman John Currie said he doesn’t expect the primary date to be postponed, but acknowledged the prospect that the June 2 election would be conducted entire by mail. “I think it would have to be something really dramatic...

Atlantic Dem chairs: postpone referendum, do 100% VBM primary

March 16, 2020 4:39 pm

Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Michael Suleiman wants Gov. Phil Murphy to postpone the Atlantic City change of government referendum scheduled for March 31, and is supporting a June 2 primary election where all votes are cast by mail, eliminating machine...

Four more N.J. House members endorse Joe Biden

March 11, 2020 7:00 amMarch 11, 2020 3:37 pm

Four more New Jersey House members – Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) and Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) – have endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination. That brings the total number of congressional endorsements for...

Biden wins Warren County, which Sanders carried in 2016

March 9, 2020 7:02 pmMarch 9, 2020 7:04 pm

Joe Biden won the Warren County Democratic convention on Sunday, defeating Bernie Sanders by a vote of 39 to 14 – a 74%-26% margin – in a county Sanders won four years ago. Sanders carried Warren County in the 2016...