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South Jersey progressives sue to stay on the ballot

April 9, 2020 11:20 am

A group of progressive Democrats candidates sued clerks in four South Jersey counties, claiming the officials were keeping them off the ballot by incorrectly processing the challengers’ nominating petitions. The thirteen progressive candidates claim clerks in Camden, Gloucester, Cape May...

John Rocco, former assemblyman, dies at 83

April 8, 2020 4:14 pmApril 8, 2020 7:32 pm

John A. Rocco, a former nine-term Republican assemblyman from Camden County who seconded Ronald Reagan’s nomination at the 1980 Republican National Convention, died today. He was 83. He had been in the hospital for heart-related issues, but the cause of...

Camden clerk rejects Democratic off-the-line petitions

April 3, 2020 5:20 pm

The Camden County Clerk has rejected nominating petitions of two progressive candidates challenging incumbent freeholders backed by the county Democratic organization. Petitions from progressive slates in Cape May and Gloucester counties have also been rejected. Deputy county clerk John Schmidt...

Judges issues TRO on Camden Democratic slogan

April 2, 2020 12:19 pmApril 2, 2020 12:20 pm

A Superior Court judge today issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting progressive leader Sue Altman from using the “Camden County Democrat Committee, Inc.” slogan on the 2020 primary election ballot. Judge Kurt Kramer has scheduled a final hearing for April...

Progressive slates file in six South Jersey counties

March 31, 2020 7:35 pmApril 1, 2020 11:33 am

Progressives have fielded full slates of candidates for countywide office in six counties with the intention of bracketing with Democratic congressional candidate Amy Kennedy. In five of those counties – Cape May, Cumberland, Burlington, Camden and Gloucester – Brigid Harrison...

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)...

Progressive leaders now own Camden Democratic machine slogan

March 30, 2020 5:39 pmApril 2, 2020 11:59 am

Sue Altman took a page out of Kevin O’Toole’s playbook. The state director of New Jersey Working Families has filed incorporation papers with the state that gives her control of the “Camden County Democrat Committee, Inc.” slogan. “Game knows game,”...