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Alito rejects Leguía’s last-ditch bid to get on NJ-7 ballot

September 19, 2026 11:25 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday night denied Libertarian Lana Leguía’s last-ditch effort to get on the November ballot as a candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district, leaving intact a state court order that disqualified her...

Passing on 3rd Circuit appeal, Leguía will run as a write-in

September 3, 2026 5:09 amSeptember 3, 2026 1:08 am

Libertarian Lana Leguía will take her bid for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district to the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and will instead run as a write-in candidate. “They can kick us off the printed ballot, but they...

State tells county clerks to comply with ruling in NJ-7 House race

September 1, 2026 3:22 pm

Libertarian Lana Leguía is no longer authorized to appear on the November 3 general-election ballot in New Jersey’s 7th district after a federal judge vacated an order that had temporarily required election officials to keep her name on the ballot, a...

Federal judge keeps Libertarian off NJ-7 ballot, while saying the state wronged her

August 31, 2026 2:35 pmSeptember 1, 2026 12:49 am

A federal judge on Monday refused to restore Libertarian Lana Leguía to the November ballot in New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, ruling that two procedural doctrines bar him from reaching the constitutional question at the center of her case, even...

Judge weighs Libertarian’s place on ballot in pivotal NJ-7 race

August 25, 2026 10:14 pmAugust 25, 2026 10:15 pm

A federal judge pressed New Jersey officials Tuesday to explain how they stopped enforcing a state election law requiring nominating petition circulators to be state residents as he considered whether a Libertarian candidate should appear on the ballot in one...

State admits it stopped enforcing petition law as GOP fights to keep Libertarian off NJ-7 ballot

August 24, 2026 6:16 amAugust 24, 2026 10:02 am

New Jersey election officials stopped enforcing a law requiring petition circulators to live in the state, a practice now at the center of a federal court fight over whether Libertarian congressional candidate Lana Leguía can appear on the November ballot...

Judge will temporarily preserve Leguía’s ballot bid, sets hearing for next week

August 17, 2026 4:55 pmAugust 18, 2026 12:08 am

A federal judge will temporarily preserve Libertarian Lana Leguía’s bid to return to the ballot in one of the nation’s most competitive congressional races, setting up an expedited hearing next week and promising a final decision by the end of...