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Altman slams Hudson County for renewing ICE contract

November 25, 2020 2:42 pm

New Jersey Working Families slammed Hudson County’s all-Democratic Freeholder Board for approving a new contract to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in its county jail for up to 10 more years. “The Hudson County Board of Commissioners represented New...

N.J. Working Families backs most incumbents, passing on Norcross and Gottheimer

October 8, 2020 1:49 pmOctober 8, 2020 5:11 pm

New Jersey Working Families has endorsed most of New Jersey’s Democratic congressional delegation in the upcoming general election, but stopped short of backing Reps. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) and Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) for another term in the U.S. House of Representatives....

Top N.J. Democratic women lead Biden phone bank on Sunday

September 26, 2020 9:32 am

New Jersey Women for Biden will host a virtual phone bank on Sunday afternoon, where volunteers — including Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, First Lady Tammy Murphy, Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) and Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair), and Senate President Pro-Tempore Teresa...

Mazo, McCormick file suit over slogans

July 3, 2020 9:29 amJuly 3, 2020 10:13 am

Two House challengers filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Tahesha Way and a handful of county clerks over statutes requiring candidates to get permission from individuals or incorporated entities to named in campaign slogans. Rutgers University Law professor Eugene...

New Jersey Working Families endorses Watson Coleman re-election, Oseguera against Sires in NJ-8

June 25, 2020 12:35 pmJune 25, 2020 2:10 pm

New Jersey Working Families has endorsed Hector Oseguera for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th district, where he is challenging eight-term Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) in the July 7 Democratic primary. The grassroots group is also backing Rep. Bonnie...

Harrison campaign quotes Altman in response to Kennedy’s call to reject super PAC support

June 24, 2020 2:52 pmJune 25, 2020 12:26 am

Now that a super PAC tied to Democratic powerhouse George Norcross is now running ads in New Jersey’s 2nd district primary, Amy Kennedy wants Brigid Callahan Harrison to call on the General Majority PAC to stay out of the race....

Judge rejects bid to force progressives to pay legal fees on petition challenge

June 17, 2020 6:03 pm

A Superior Court Judge today rejected a bid by four county clerks and the Camden County Democratic Organization to recover legal fees they spent defending a lawsuit filed by progressives trying to get on the ballot in some South Jersey...