Tom Malinowski Archives - New Jersey Globe

The year of the unlikely voter: why Democrats care so much about VBM reform

August 23, 2019 2:15 amAugust 23, 2019 2:51 pm

New Jersey has elections where candidates for the State Assembly head the ticket twice in four years, every other decade. It occurred in 2015 and won’t happen again until 2035. 2019 is considered an off-off year, when voter turnout is...

Legislature may hold special session to fix vote-by-mail mess

August 21, 2019 1:41 pmAugust 21, 2019 9:14 pm

Update: The Senate and Assembly have scheduled a quorum call for Friday at 4:30 PM and could schedule a voting session early next week. The Legislature could be called back into session within the next couple of weeks to address...

Gottheimer raising money off Pallotta inclusion on NRCC Young Guns list

August 17, 2019 5:50 pmAugust 19, 2019 11:07 am

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) is fundraising off of the announcement that Republican Frank Pallotta has been named to the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Guns List. “This is not a list you want to be on; trust us,” the Gottheimer campaign...

Kean, Pallotta make NRCC’s Young Guns list

August 16, 2019 1:19 pmAugust 16, 2019 1:40 pm

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean and former investment banker Frank Pallotta have made it onto the radar of the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Guns program. “In stark contrast, Americans’ priorities are Republican priorities. This is why we are recruiting...

Rosemary Becchi contributed to Mitch McConnell re-election

August 14, 2019 4:47 pmAugust 14, 2019 8:30 pm

Republican congressional candidate Rosemary Becchi wrote a $1,000 personal check to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this year. Becchi’s donation might give Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) some ammo during a slow summer, but it might not do much...

Van Drew plays carpetbagger card against Richter

August 13, 2019 3:58 pmAugust 13, 2019 5:53 pm

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) is already raising money off the announcement that the wealthy former CEO of one of the nation’s largest construction companies will run against him in 2020, and it took him just a few hours to...

Eli Nachmany departs White House for Harvard

August 10, 2019 11:22 amAugust 10, 2019 3:38 pm

Here’s Josh Gottheimer’s 2026 Republican opponent. Eli Nachmany, a 23-year-old Closter native, left his White House job yesterday to start Harvard Law School. Nachmany took a leave from New York University to work advance and press Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential...