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All three GOP Senate candidates have run statewide before

August 24, 2019 2:53 pm

So far, all three candidates for the 2020 Republican U.S. Senate nomination to challenge Cory Booker have run statewide before. Tricia Flanagan and Stuart Meissner ran as independent candidates for the United States Senate, while Hirsh Singh sought the Republican...

Flanagan takes a shot at Meissner

August 23, 2019 11:38 pm

Tricia Flanagan still thinks she has a clear shot at the GOP nod to challenge Cory Booker next year, saying she’s still the only Republican in the race. Flanagan welcomed the latest entry into the U.S. Senate race, Stuart Meissner,...

Once a Democrat, Meissner is now a proud Trump Republican

August 22, 2019 2:36 pmAugust 23, 2019 11:12 am

Stuart Meissner, the former prosecutor considering a run for U.S. Senate against Cory Booker next year, contributed $16 to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. That was the year he became a Republican. One a Democratic activist, Meissner is now all-in...

Republican Stuart Meissner considers bid for U.S. Senate against Booker

August 22, 2019 11:16 amAugust 22, 2019 1:59 pm

Stuart Meissner, a Tenafly lawyer who served as a prosecutor in New York, has announced an exploratory committee to mull a possible challenge to Cory Booker in the 2020 U.S. Senate race. Meissner worked for the Manhattan District Attorney and...

Pallotta hits Murphy over financial aid for undocumented students

August 21, 2019 4:29 pm

House candidate Frank Pallotta is taking aim at Gov. Phil Murphy in his bid to unseat Rep. Josh Gottheimer. On Wednesday, the former investment banker launched an attack on the governor over financial aid given to students who are in...

Cumberland mayor backs Fitzherbert

August 20, 2019 9:42 amAugust 20, 2019 3:45 pm

Downe Township Mayor Bob Campbell has endorsed Brian Fitzherbert for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Fitzherbert faces self-funder David Richter and controversial former Trump administration official Robert Patterson in the GOP primary to take on...

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...