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This year, just 50 signatures makes you a congressional candidate

May 16, 2022 4:24 pm

This year, it’s easy to run for Congress in New Jersey. Under a fairly obscure statute, independent candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives running in a redistricting year can get on the ballot with just 50 signatures. That’s half...

Trailblazer: U.S. Senator Cory Booker

January 17, 2022 12:10 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:16 pm

Cory Booker, is the first Black to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020 Democratic nomination...

Trailblazer: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

January 17, 2022 12:06 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:15 pm

Bonnie Watson Coleman, is the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first African American to serve as New Jersey Democratic State Chair. Watson Coleman comes from a powerful political family. Her...

Pappas wins GOP Senate nod in District 16

June 9, 2021 12:03 am

Former Rep. Michael Pappas defeated challenger Jeffrey Grant to win the Republican nod for State Senate in the 16th legislative district Tuesday. Pappas, who made his bid with organizational lines in all four of the district’s counties, served a single...

DelVecchio will run for Lambertville mayor

March 30, 2021 2:31 pm

David M. DelVecchio, who served as mayor of Lambertville for 27 years before losing the Democratic primary in 2018, wants his old job back. DelVecchio has announced that he will run again in the June Democratic primary in a bid...

Ex-Congressman Pappas mulls State Senate bid for Bateman seat

February 8, 2021 6:48 pmFebruary 9, 2021 11:01 am

Former Rep. Michael J. Pappas is mulling a State Senate bid in the 16th district, setting up a potentially epic primary between two former congressmen in pursuit of a seat in the New Jersey Legislature. Pappas has been discussing a...

Fistonich, a genuine Renaissance man, seeks 16th district Assembly seat

January 29, 2021 9:10 amJanuary 30, 2021 7:54 pm

Central New Jersey has had some success over the years electing Princeton area scientists to public office and voters might have a chance to do it again this year with an authentic Renaissance man running for the New Jersey legislature....