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Booker’s Brick City favorables at 61%, new FDU poll shows

August 23, 2021 6:00 amAugust 23, 2021 8:22 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has favorables of 61%-17% in his hometown of Newark, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll released on Monday. Booker served as mayor of Newark from 2006 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2013. ...

It’s Jack and Diane: Ciattarelli picks Allen as Lt. Governor candidate

August 2, 2021 3:31 pmAugust 2, 2021 11:14 pm

Former State Sen. Diane Allen will be the Republican nominee for Lt. Governor, the New Jersey Globe has learned, with Jack Ciattarelli set to announce his choice of running mates on Wednesday at an event in Moorestown. Allen is a...

Stefanik endorses Kean for Congress

July 28, 2021 9:51 amJuly 28, 2021 1:35 pm

Tom Kean, Jr. has now picked up the endorsements of the top three Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives as he seeks a rematch with Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) in New Jersey’s 7th district. House GOP Conference Chair...

Seeking funds, Flanagan launches lengthy social media spot

July 15, 2021 12:13 pmJuly 15, 2021 2:56 pm

Tricia Flanagan went on an early offensive against Rep. Andy Kim (D-Bordentown) with a lengthy social media video taking aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s response to COVID-19. The two-minute-and-19-second spot shows Flanagan walking...

Malinowski faces another ethics complaint over late stock trade disclosures

July 6, 2021 10:25 amSeptember 7, 2021 4:24 pm

A conservative non-profit filed another ethics complaint against Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) over his continued failure to comply with stock disclosure requirements imposed on members of Congress Tuesday. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust on Tuesday filed a second...

Kean will run for Congress in 2022 in rematch against Malinowski

July 1, 2021 1:13 pmJuly 12, 2021 1:52 pm

Tom Kean, Jr. will seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district next year, setting up a widely-anticipated rematch of his 2020 bid to unseat Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes). Press play to hear a narrated version of...

Malinowski stock trades poised to become campaign issue next year

May 21, 2021 3:53 pmMay 23, 2021 3:43 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski’s stocks will be a campaign issue in the seventh congressional district next year. The two-term congressman is facing renewed questions about his failure to divulge up to $3.2 million in trades in the wake of an Associated...