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Dick Zimmer, former congressman and U.S. Senate contender, dies at 81

January 1, 2026 11:23 amJanuary 4, 2026 9:53 pm

Richard A. Zimmer, a three-term Republican congressman from Hunterdon County and longtime state legislator who ran a competitive race for U.S. Senate in 1996 and built a career as an advocate of fiscal conservatism, transparency in government, and the safety...

Sabrin retiring to Florida

June 1, 2021 9:43 am

Dr. Murray Sabrin, who ran in five statewide races in New Jersey over the last 24 years, is moving to Florida. Sabrin has recently retired as a full-time professor at Ramapo College, where he founded – and personally financed –...

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...

Green Party registration in N.J. has tripled since Trump took office

March 2, 2020 10:04 am

The number of New Jerseyans registered to vote as members of the Green Party has tripled since Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016. The state now has 10,930 registered voters, up from 3,068 in Election Day 2016, according...

Union County vote is first in GOP U.S. Senate race

January 29, 2020 5:48 pmJanuary 29, 2020 5:50 pm

Union County will be the first GOP organization to take sides in the race for U.S. Senate when they hold their convention this evening. Republicans have lost the last sixteen races for U.S. Senate in New Jersey and haven’t won...

Duggan enters race to challenge Gottheimer

November 10, 2019 11:55 amNovember 10, 2019 12:00 pm

Paul Duggan, who nearly captured the GOP nomination for Bergen County Executive in 2018, announced today that he will run for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district. Duggan is the fourth Republican to enter the race to challenge Rep. Josh...

All three GOP Senate candidates have run statewide before

August 24, 2019 2:53 pm

So far, all three candidates for the 2020 Republican U.S. Senate nomination to challenge Cory Booker have run statewide before. Tricia Flanagan and Stuart Meissner ran as independent candidates for the United States Senate, while Hirsh Singh sought the Republican...