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78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020 3:16 pmMay 14, 2020 10:25 am

In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...

Green Party nominates Madelyn Hoffman for U.S. Senate

May 2, 2020 5:57 pmMay 3, 2020 7:39 pm

The Green Party of New Jersey has picked Madelyn Hoffman, a longtime environmental and social justice activist, as their candidate for U.S. Senate at their annual convention held remotely on Zoom on Saturday. Hoffman, who was unopposed, becomes the candidate...

Watson Coleman has $194k cash-on-hand

April 15, 2020 10:36 am

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) raised $146,937 during the first three months of 2020 and has $194,543 cash-on-hand for her campaign to win a fourth term in New Jersey’s 12th district. Watson Coleman has raised $420,444 this cycle. A former...

Gottheimer wins Warren line over Kreibich, impressively

March 9, 2020 7:44 pm

Josh Gottheimer won the Warren County Democratic convention on Sunday by a solid but hardly overwhelming margin. The two-term congressman defeated progressive challenger Arati Kreibich, a Glen Rock councilwoman, by just fourteen votes, 34 to 20, to score the organization...

Biden wins Burlington Dem vote

March 6, 2020 11:00 amMarch 6, 2020 2:23 pm

Burlington County Democrats voted overwhelmingly to back Joe Biden for president on Thursday evening. Biden defeated Bernie Sanders with 74% of the vote, 98 to 34. One delegate voted not to endorse anyone. The vote was non-binding, since party bylaws...

Green Party registration in N.J. has tripled since Trump took office

March 2, 2020 10:04 am

The number of New Jerseyans registered to vote as members of the Green Party has tripled since Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016. The state now has 10,930 registered voters, up from 3,068 in Election Day 2016, according...

Trailblazer: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

January 20, 2020 12:58 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:51 am

Bonnie Watson Coleman, 73, was the first African American 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 came from a powerful political...