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Sherrill, Booker and Kim join forces for Bennett in Election Day eve rally

November 2, 2026 9:48 pmNovember 2, 2026 9:56 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim, and Senate President Nicholas Scutari made a rare joint campaign appearance on Monday to rally support for Rebecca Bennett, bringing New Jersey’s three most prominent Democrats together on the eve...

Democrats enter Election Day with 403,000-vote early voting advantage, but Van Drew has sizable pool of reliable GOP voters

November 2, 2026 4:56 pm

Democrats enter Election Day with a 403,186-vote advantage over Republicans in New Jersey, a substantially larger margin than at the same point last year, although an analysis of voters who have not yet cast ballots suggests that Rep. Jeff Van...

Bennett family arrived in N.J. decades before the Keans

November 2, 2026 12:15 amNovember 2, 2026 12:27 am

The Kean family may be one of New Jersey’s oldest and most celebrated political dynasties, but Rebecca Bennett’s ancestors were living in the Garden State more than 60 years before the family of her opponent in Tuesday’s congressional race, Rep....

Democrats widen early voting advantage as turnout surges in key GOP congressional districts

November 1, 2026 5:25 pm

Democrats have surpassed their entire 2025 advance voting totals in two Republican-held congressional districts, while Republicans are struggling to match last year’s turnout as New Jersey enters its final day of in-person early voting, according to an analysis by Umichvoter...

Morris County voters split along party lines as early voting ends

November 1, 2026 5:07 pm

Morris County voters had sharply different expectations for Election Day as nine days of early in-person voting ends at 6 PM, with Republicans defending their party’s record and Democrats hoping for a blue wave. At the Mount Olive municipal building,...

Moulton joins Bennett for final campaign push in NJ-7

November 1, 2026 4:55 pm

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts), a Marine Corps veteran who helped elect a new generation of Democratic veterans to Congress in 2018, joined Rebecca Bennett on the campaign trail this weekend as she makes her final push to unseat Rep. Tom...

Progressive groups use dentist-themed attack to criticize Van Drew record on costs

October 31, 2026 6:23 pm

With just three days until Election Day, two progressive organizations have launched a new radio ad urging South Jersey voters to deny Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) a fifth term in Congress. Make the Road Action New Jersey and the...