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McCormick, who filed fake nominating petitions, is now a write-in candidate for governor

April 13, 2021 5:39 pmApril 13, 2021 5:41 pm

Hours after a judge tossed her off the ballot for filing fraudulent petitions, Lisa McCormick has announced that she will seek the Democratic nomination for governor as a write-in candidate. “Without expert testimony, without providing me a chance to look...

Murphy signs bill providing $10 million in aid to child care providers

April 13, 2021 2:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill providing New Jersey child care providers with $10 million in federal aid Tuesday. “Child care providers are absolutely critical to New Jersey’s workforce, and the COVID-19 pandemic has hit them especially hard,”...

Judge tosses McCormick from ballot, finds petitions to be fraudulent

April 13, 2021 2:25 pmApril 13, 2021 4:40 pm

Shadowy perennial candidate Lisa McCormick will not be on the ballot for the June Democratic primary for governor after an administrative law judge found her nominating petitions to be fraudulent. Judge Jeffrey Rabin found that none of the 1,951 signatures...

Murphy doesn’t expect J&J pause to knock state off vaccine goal

April 13, 2021 1:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he does not expect a pause in the use of vaccines manufactured by Johnson & Johnson to push the state off its goal of vaccinating 4.7 million New Jerseyans by the end of June. “As we...

Bacon doesn’t qualify as candidate for governor, judge says

April 13, 2021 1:29 pmApril 13, 2021 1:34 pm

Roger Bacon will not appear on the ballot as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor after an administrative law judge found that his petitions fell short of the legally required number of signatures. “We reviewed 305 signatures of...

Judge looks ready to toss Bacon from Democratic primary ballot

April 12, 2021 7:58 pm

Roger Bacon’s bid for the Democratic nomination for governor appears close to being over after an administrative law judge disqualified 305 of the 1,271 signatures he filed on nominating petitions on Monday, less than the 1,000 he needed to get...

Ciattarelli attacks Rizzo over taxes, Catholic comments

April 12, 2021 4:45 pmApril 12, 2021 6:34 pm

This article was updated with comment from Joanna Duka at 6:34 p.m. Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli launched an attack at a GOP primary rival for he first time since former GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt dropped out of the...