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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...

Kennedy, Harrison comes from political families

March 8, 2020 6:34 pm

The two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district grew up in political families. Amy Kennedy’s father is Jerry Savell, who served as an Atlantic County freeholder and was a councilman in Absecon and...

Joe Kennedy raising money in N.J. this week

March 3, 2020 9:45 amMarch 3, 2020 12:19 pm

A group of powerful New Jersey Democrats are hosting a fundraiser for Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III to boost his campaign a United States Senate seat in Massachusetts. State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) is heading the event this Friday...

Was Menendez endorsement in NJ-2 just settling a grudge against Patrick Kennedy?

February 28, 2020 1:33 pmMarch 2, 2020 1:54 pm

The decision of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez to endorse Brigid Callahan Harrison for Congress in the 2nd district Democratic primary could be the settlement of an 18-year old political grudge. When Menendez was a congressman in 2002, he ran for...

Novick seeks support for Sanders in Hunterdon

February 6, 2020 4:06 pmFebruary 6, 2020 7:25 pm

Former Hunterdon County Democratic Chairman Joey Novick is whipping votes for Bernie Sanders at the first-in-the-state convention to award an organization line for the June 5 New Jersey primary. Novick served two terms as county chairman and spent fifteen years...

Amy Kennedy distances herself from RFK Jr. on vaccinations

January 29, 2020 12:14 pmJanuary 30, 2020 2:04 pm

Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy supports legislation to bar nearly all exemptions to vaccines in public or private schools, putting her on the opposite side of her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Robert Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaccination activist, was in...

Sanders won’t compete at NJ mock presidential caucus

January 28, 2020 12:19 pmFebruary 1, 2020 3:48 pm

Bernie Sanders will not participate in a mock presidential caucus in New Jersey, one of the leaders of his campaign said. “One of the strengths of the Sanders campaign is the way the entire national volunteer effort works together wherever...