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GOP ends challenge against anti-abortion independent in NJ-9

June 10, 2026 9:21 amJune 10, 2026 9:33 am

Republicans have dropped their challenge to the independent candidacy of an anti-abortion leader who challenged Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary in New Jersey. Terrisa Bukovinac will remain on the ballot in November in New Jersey’s 9th district...

NJ-9 independent tossed from ballot

June 9, 2026 5:42 pmJune 9, 2026 6:33 pm

Perennial candidate Diomedes Minaya has been disqualified from the ballot in New Jersey’s 9th Congressional District after failing to submit enough valid signatures. Minaya filed 350 signatures, but Administrative Law Judge Andrew Baron found 104 of them invalid because the...

Rosie Pino will face Nellie Pou in November after close NJ-9 primary victory

June 2, 2026 11:42 pmJune 3, 2026 1:10 pm

Clifton Councilwoman Rosie Pino will be the GOP nominee in the 9th congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, setting the stage for a potentially competitive general election matchup against Rep. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon). As of 11:42 p.m. and...

Eight incumbents, six challengers win congressional primaries uncontested

June 2, 2026 8:00 pmJune 2, 2026 8:13 pm

Results from New Jersey’s contested primaries will be streaming in all night – but for a large number of the state’s congressional candidates, their path to the November general election was guaranteed when the state’s filing period ended. Despite a...

Vying to unseat Nellie Pou, NJ-9 Republicans face a stark choice

May 27, 2026 1:41 pmMay 27, 2026 6:06 pm

If New Jersey Republicans are to flip a congressional seat this year – and that’s a big if – it will almost certainly be the 9th district, where Rep. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) is seeking a second term. In theory,...

Pou backs Cruz, Veliky in county commissioner primary

May 26, 2026 2:04 pmMay 26, 2026 2:14 pm

Rep. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) endorsed a trio of party-backed candidates for Passaic County office on Tuesday. Pou backed incumbent Commissioner Orlando Cruz and his running mate Nick Veliky, as well as incumbent Surrogate Zoila Cassanova. Veliky, the president of...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 22, 2026 8:01 pm

What was meant to be Republicans’ big week for passing Reconciliation 2.0, a party-line bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement, ended up becoming a politically fraught boondoggle, and a resolution won’t be coming until members return from the Memorial...