Congress

20 years later, Hoffman again running with Green Party

Madelyn Hoffman, the Green Party’s gubernatorial candidate in 1997 is running again, this time seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez. Hoffman, who has spent the last 20 years working at New Jersey Peace Action, a non-profit seeking to promote peace and abolish nuclear war, is making war and peace her main issue in this year’s election. But, she’s relying more on dissatisfaction with the status quo than she is
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End Citizens United endorses Welle

End Citizens United, a political action committee working to dismantle the U.S. Supreme Court decision for which it is named, on Tuesday endorsed House candidate Joshe Welle, citing his rejection of corporate PAC campaign contributions. “Americans are fed up with Washington ignoring their voices while mega-donors and corporations call the shots,” said Tiffany Muller, President of End Citizens United. “By rejecting corporate PAC money, Josh is proving to voters that
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NJ Republicans react to Trump’s Russia statements

Editor's note: This article was updated with comment from Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen at 5:20 p.m. and with comment from Assemblyman Jay Webber at 8:50 p.m. A number of New Jersey Republicans joined in a chorus of Republican voices upset with President Donald Trump’s Monday statements that cast aspersions at the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. "President Putin says it's not Russia. I don't see any
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Operatives with ties to Christie open Hugin super PAC

Republican operatives with ties to former Gov. Chris Christie have formed a super PAC to back U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Hugin. The PAC, Integrity NJ, is headed by Phil Cox and Pete Sheridan, both of whom have close ties to Christie. Cox, the group’s chairman and senior advisor, was executive director of the Republican Governors Association when Christie was chairman of the group. He also headed America Leads, a super
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