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In new ad, Menendez invokes Delaney Hall: ‘I put it all on the line’

May 5, 2026 12:54 pmMay 5, 2026 3:02 pm

Almost exactly one year ago, Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City) and several of his Democratic colleagues made an oversight visit to the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center that resulted in the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and assault charges...

Menendez leads in NJ-8 race but could be vulnerable, Ali internal poll argues

April 21, 2026 7:00 amApril 21, 2026 12:16 am

DISCLAIMER: Polls can be a helpful tool for understanding elections, but they are an imperfect one, as demonstrated by New Jersey’s three most recent statewide general elections, all of which had results substantially different from what nearly every pollster had...

Less than two months from primary day, here’s where New Jersey’s congressional fundraising stands

April 17, 2026 10:25 amApril 18, 2026 9:55 am

The candidate list is set and the primary is less than two months away: any New Jersey congressional candidate who wants a spot on November’s general election ballot had better be fundraising for it. Some races, like the Democratic primaries...

Menendez has more than $1 million on-hand to defend himself from Ali challenge

April 14, 2026 4:12 pm

Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City) raised $504,000 in the last three months, his campaign announced today, and has more than $1 million to defend himself in the June Democratic primary. That’s by far the most money Menendez has raised during...

Ali raises $183k for challenge to Menendez

April 9, 2026 9:47 amApril 9, 2026 9:47 am

Mussab Ali, a former Jersey City Board of Education president waging an uphill Democratic primary battle against incumbent Rep. Rob Menendez (D-Jersey City), has raised more than $183,000 since entering the race in January, his campaign announced today. Ali is...

The final list of who’s running for Congress in New Jersey in 2026

April 2, 2026 3:08 pm

This story was originally published on March 24, shortly after the filing deadline had passed. Now that petition challenges have been decided and the list of candidates is final, the New Jersey Globe is republishing it with minor edits to...

Ali seeks to make AIPAC an issue in NJ-8 campaign

March 31, 2026 4:25 pmApril 1, 2026 1:40 pm

After a huge influx of spending from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee reshaped the Democratic primary in one New Jersey congressional district, an underdog challenger in a neighboring district is trying to make the pro-Israel group into a top...