Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics Archives

Princeton council retreats from cannabis sales controversey

May 18, 2022 2:02 pmMay 18, 2022 5:32 pm

In a classic NIMBY move, an ostensibly timid but self-proclaimed progressive Princeton Township Council has caved to public pressure and punted on a decision to permit a local cannabis dispensary, according to a report by TAPinto Princeton, which covered a...

N.J. Republicans win two special elections in towns Biden carried

March 16, 2022 5:49 pm

Republicans have won two local elections in New Jersey this year in towns that Joe Biden carried in 2020, something that could be a harbinger of where the state is headed during the 2022 mid-term elections. The GOP flipped a...

Platkin confirmation could be boosted by Codey vs. Gill Senate primary

February 28, 2022 6:47 pm

A new legislative map that places two Democratic state senators from Essex County into the same legislative district could advance the Senate confirmation of Matt Platkin for attorney general Montclair, the Essex County municipality with the most Democratic primary votes...

Nearly 600,000 votes already cast for Tuesday’s general election

October 30, 2021 2:22 pm

After seven days of early voting in New Jersey – and more than a month since county clerks began mailing vote-by-mail ballots – 590,572 votes have already been cast for the 2021 general election. That number doesn’t include vote-by-mail ballots...

Nearly 40% of all mail-in ballots have been returned

October 25, 2021 10:25 am

It’s eight days before Election Day and 373,704 vote-by-mail ballots have already been returned. That means 39.4% of the 946,149 VBM ballots mailed by county clerks have already been returned. Of the mail-in ballots already marked as received by election...

Raising money in California this week, Malinowski will vote by proxy

October 12, 2021 2:21 pmOctober 12, 2021 7:52 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) will cast his vote on extending debt ceiling by proxy this week, using emergency rules set in place during the coronavirus pandemic to vote while on a week-long fundraising trip to California. Malinowski has events set...

October 9, 2021: Lt. Governor Debate with Diane Allen and Sheila Oliver

October 9, 2021 5:00 pmOctober 16, 2021 5:58 pm

The candidates for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey – Republican Diane Allen and Democrat Sheila Oliver, participated in their first and only debate on October 5. It was live streamed on social media and aired on Talk Radio 77 WABC...