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Booker will run off the line with Harrison in Atlantic, Ocean

March 31, 2020 3:40 pmMarch 31, 2020 9:39 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker will eschew the Democratic organization lines in Atlantic and Ocean counties and is now doubling down on his support of congressional candidate Brigid Callahan Harrison, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Booker has filed a letter...

Flanagan will bracket with Patterson, Novak

March 30, 2020 6:24 pmMarch 31, 2020 1:23 am

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tricia Flanagan said she plans to bracket with congressional candidates Robert Patterson in the 2nd district and John Novak in the 3rd. Patterson, a former Trump administration official, is challenging Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis)...

Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Michael Suleiman

Progressives sue over delayed Cape May, Atlantic County Committee elections

March 30, 2020 9:23 amMarch 30, 2020 3:43 pm

Progressives are seeking to force two South Jersey Democratic organizations to hold delayed county committee elections this year. NJ Working Families and CD-2 Progressive Democrats filed a brief seeking a judicial order to force Cape May and Atlantic County Democrats...

Rice calls for securing of Atlantic City ballots

March 24, 2020 12:49 pmMarch 24, 2020 3:52 pm

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) called for state authorities to order Atlantic County election officials to seal and secure all early mail-in ballots received in response to a now-postponed change-of-government referendum and investigate the involvement of the resort town’s casino’s...

Atlantic Dems postpone county committee elections

March 21, 2020 7:59 pmMarch 21, 2020 8:06 pm

Atlantic County Democrats will extend the terms of their county committee members until June 2021, following a recommendation by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee to postpone those elections as the state deals with the deadly coronavirus. Michael Suleiman, the...

Murphy mulls all-VBM primary election

March 18, 2020 2:00 amMarch 18, 2020 9:10 am

State and local election officials are working on a plan to cancel in-person voting for the June primary election and replace it with a vote-by-mail only election as the state deals with the coronavirus pandemic, the New Jersey Globe has...

Atlantic Dem chairs: postpone referendum, do 100% VBM primary

March 16, 2020 4:39 pm

Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Michael Suleiman wants Gov. Phil Murphy to postpone the Atlantic City change of government referendum scheduled for March 31, and is supporting a June 2 primary election where all votes are cast by mail, eliminating machine...