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Gloucester progressive slate fails to qualify for Dem primary

April 3, 2020 12:07 pmApril 3, 2020 12:24 pm

Nominating petitions for a slate of progressive freeholder candidates in Gloucester County were tossed for having an insufficient number of signatures. Gloucester County Action Together New Jersey co-chair Lisa Bonnano had filed to run for freeholder with Rev. Sherry Hall...

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...

Turkavage, Francis, Cunningham file in NJ-2 Democratic primary

March 30, 2020 4:48 pmMarch 30, 2020 7:11 pm

Former FBI agent Robert Turkavage said he filed nominating petitions to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Turkavage told the New Jersey Globe that he hand-delivered petitions with 243 signatures he received while campaigning door-to-door...

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 pmApril 6, 2020 11:15 am

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...

Five more House candidates file petitions

March 23, 2020 3:15 pmMarch 24, 2020 9:00 am

Five more candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives filed their petitions, bringing the total officially running in the June 2 primary to 12. Former public school teacher Amy Kennedy is the first to file in a hotly-contested Democratic primary...

How Amy Kennedy won

March 9, 2020 3:33 pmMarch 9, 2020 6:43 pm

Amy Kennedy’s victory at the Atlantic County Democratic convention was a victory for progressives at the grassroots level, although there were several factors in play that led to a rare loss by a candidate supported by powerbroker George Norcross. Kennedy...