Robert Trugman Archives - New Jersey Globe

Here’s who did – and didn’t – end up filing for Congress in N.J.

April 4, 2022 6:14 pmJune 17, 2024 12:10 pm

4 p.m. today marked the official end of candidate filing for this year’s federal elections in New Jersey, with 63 candidates submitting petitions to compete for major party nominations in the state’s 12 congressional districts. It’s possible that not all...

For off-the-line congressional candidates, March 31 is the most important day in the world

March 28, 2022 12:24 amSeptember 4, 2025 5:28 pm

As New Jersey’s annual avalanche of party conventions begins winding down, the frontrunners for the state’s 12 congressional districts are becoming increasingly clear. With near-universal backing from their party’s establishments, candidates like Democrat Tim Alexander in the 2nd district or...

What’s at stake in Friday’s Morris County Republican convention

March 2, 2022 12:47 pm

This Friday, Morris County Republicans will decide who will receive their county line for the 2022 elections, a critical process that may help determine the outcome in two congressional primaries. In the 7th district, where Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) is...

More than 60 candidates are running for Congress in N.J. How seriously should we take them?

February 4, 2022 4:49 pmFebruary 4, 2022 6:29 pm

With 4th quarter fundraising reports arriving at the beginning of this week, it’s finally possible to take a look at how New Jersey’s 2022 congressional races are shaping up. Among the more than 60 candidates running for Congress, of which...

Warren GOP executive committee backs Kean for Congress

February 3, 2022 4:07 amFebruary 2, 2022 11:18 pm

Tom Kean, Jr. has won his first party organization endorsement in his bid to unseat Rep. Tom Malinowski in New Jersey’s 7th district, receiving the unanimous support of the Warren County Republican Executive Committee. “Republicans in Warren County overwhelmingly and wholeheartedly...

As 4th quarter ends, it’s crunch time for House challengers

December 14, 2021 1:34 pmDecember 15, 2021 10:01 am

This fundraising quarter – the 4th quarter, which runs from the beginning of October through the end of December – will make or break candidates running in the state’s competitive districts for the U.S. House of Representatives. That’s because by...

Barsoom running again in CD7

March 23, 2020 2:08 pm

A physician who ran a wildly unsuccessful primary challenge to Rep. Leonard Lance in 2018 has filed to run against State Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean this year. Raafat Barsoom filed his nominating petitions with 210 signatures, running under the...