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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...

Deadline to challenge primary petitions is today

April 3, 2020 8:49 amApril 3, 2020 10:26 am

The deadline to file challenges to nominating petitions for the June 2 primary election is at the close of business today. Several candidates risk being tossed off the ballot simply by cutting it close on the number of signatures they...

Malinowski files for second term, Kean faces two GOP challengers

March 30, 2020 6:15 pmMarch 31, 2020 3:00 am

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) filed seeking a second term in Congress Monday. The freshman submitted 4,036 signatures and has organizational lines in each of the district’s six counties. Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean filed his petitions with 1,103 signatures....

Biden files for New Jersey primary

March 26, 2020 4:41 pmMarch 26, 2020 4:58 pm

Joe Biden filed petitions to run in the New Jersey Democratic presidential primary today and so far, is unopposed in a contest for the state’s 146 delegates. The filing deadline is 4 PM on March 30. President Donald Trump has...

Five more House candidates file petitions

March 23, 2020 3:15 pmMarch 24, 2020 9:00 am

Five more candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives filed their petitions, bringing the total officially running in the June 2 primary to 12. Former public school teacher Amy Kennedy is the first to file in a hotly-contested Democratic primary...