Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics Archives

District shopping may be only path for a Democrat running for Congress

September 6, 2019 3:06 pmSeptember 9, 2019 5:20 pm

For a New Jersey Democrat who wants to run for Conrgess but is either too impatient to await a retirement or unwilling to challenge an incumbent in a primary, running against Rep. Chris Smith (R-Hamilton) is the only game in...

In fight to win Assembly seat, Gunderman takes a vacation

July 11, 2019 6:21 pmJuly 11, 2019 6:51 pm

When Gov. Phil Murphy visited Westfield in June to talk gun safety days after a man was arrested in the parking lot of a local school holding a .45-caliber handgun with an arsenal of hollow-point bullets, Democratic Assembly candidate Stacey...

Westfield gun scare could hurt Bramnick re-election

June 16, 2019 11:43 amJune 17, 2019 8:43 am

The arrest of a man found in a parking lot of a Westfield elementary school holding a .45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets will likely impact an already competitive race for State Assembly in the 21st district, where one of...

Rosemary Becchi won’t release dark money donors

March 5, 2019 12:35 pmMarch 5, 2019 8:48 pm

Potential Republican congressional candidate Rosemary Becchi says she does not plan to disclose the donors to a dark money non-profit she runs. Becchi, who is mulling a challenge to Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) in New Jersey’s 7th district next...

Rasmussen to head Rebovich Institute at Rider

May 31, 2018 2:23 pm

Micah Rasmussen, a former press secretary to Gov. Jim McGreevey, is the new director of The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics. He will replace Ben Dworkin, who moved to Rowan University earlier this ye “Micah’s breadth of experience and...