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Flanagan teams up with Ghassali in NJ-5

April 1, 2020 4:28 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Tricia Flanagan and congressional candidate Michael Ghassali will bracket together in the 5th district portions of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties. Ghassali, the mayor of Montvale, is seeking the GOP nod to challenge Rep. Josh Gottheimer...

Van Drew files for second term

March 30, 2020 7:02 pm

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) filed for a second term in the House of Representatives. The former Democrat submitted his nominating petitions with more than 400 signatures. Election officials are still counting the rest. Van Drew is running with the...

Flanagan will bracket with Patterson, Novak

March 30, 2020 6:24 pmMarch 31, 2020 1:23 am

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tricia Flanagan said she plans to bracket with congressional candidates Robert Patterson in the 2nd district and John Novak in the 3rd. Patterson, a former Trump administration official, is challenging Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis)...

Brigid Callahan Harrison announced her candidacy for Congress. Photo by Kevin Sanders for New Jersey Globe.

Harrison files petitions for challenge to Van Drew

March 30, 2020 1:44 pm

Political Science professor Brigid Callahan Harrison has filed her nominating petitions to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Harrison filed online with 345 signatures. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) has already filed, along with his...

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...

Patterson calls for Coronavirus debt holiday

March 19, 2020 9:46 pmMarch 20, 2020 10:52 am

House candidate Robert Patterson called for a three-month holiday for mortgage, car and personal loan payments in response to the COVID-19 crisis. “Hardworking Americans are hurting badly, and it’s incumbent upon Congress to act – and act quickly,” Patterson said....

Mehta wins Salem

March 8, 2020 4:25 pmMarch 8, 2020 4:30 pm

Rik Mehta has won the Salem County Republican organization line, defeating Hirsh Singh by a vote of 21 to 15 to win his 12th county GOP endorsement. Mehta led Singh 18 to 13 in the first ballot, with five for...