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Sherrill beats first Dem primary challenger since taking office

June 4, 2024 9:45 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) and Belleville building inspector Joe Belnome, a Republican, have won their respective primaries in New Jersey’s 11th congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, setting up a general election contest in a district that is increasingly...

New Jersey’s Q1 congressional fundraising, by the numbers

April 16, 2024 3:30 pmApril 16, 2024 11:15 pm

As is often the case each cycle, the first fundraising quarter of 2024 – covering January 1 through March 31 – was when the state of play in many of New Jersey’s top races came into focus. The state’s congressional...

Here’s who has filed for Congress and president in N.J. as of March 19

March 19, 2024 9:19 pm

New Jersey’s March 25 filing deadline for Democrats and Republicans seeking any partisan office in the state, from president to town council, is just six days away. So far, one candidate – former President Donald Trump – has filed petitions...

Two Republicans file with Morris GOP to take on Mikie Sherrill

February 6, 2024 4:24 pm

Two Republicans have filed with the Morris County Republican organization to seek party support for Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair)’s 11th congressional district: U.S. Army veteran Toby Anderson and Belleville building inspector Joseph Belnome. Anderson, who lost a 2022 primary for...

Kean to face Malinowski in November

July 7, 2020 8:47 pmJuly 8, 2020 1:06 pm

The seventh congressional district’s Republicans picked State Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean (R-Westfield) to face Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) in November Tuesday. “Congress is broken and this fall, New Jersey has an opportunity to lead the way on fixing...

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Huge fundraising haul for Malinowski, who has almost $2.7 million banked

April 14, 2020 8:39 pmApril 15, 2020 5:00 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) raised $938,636 in the first three months of the year and has $2,671,618 cash-on-hand as he seeks re-election to a second term in New Jersey’s 7th district. Malinowski has raised $3,327,860 since taking office fifteen months...

In strong fundraising quarter, Kean raises $508k and banks more than $1.1 million

April 14, 2020 11:55 amApril 14, 2020 2:59 pm

New Jersey Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr. raised $508,918 in the first quarter of 2020 and has $1,138,477 cash-on-hand in his bid to unseat freshman Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) in New Jersey’s 7th district. This marks Kean’s fourth robust...