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Trump campaign names Pennacchio, Testa to head NJ campaign

October 16, 2019 2:51 pmOctober 17, 2019 12:40 pm

Senate Minority Whip Joseph Pennacchio and Cumberland County Republican Chairman Michael Testa, Jr. will serve as Honorary State Chairs of Donald Trump’s New Jersey re-election campaign. “Our New Jersey Trump Victory leadership team will work to elect Republicans across the...

Van Drew impeachment stance unlikely to draw primary challenge, Rasmussen says

September 30, 2019 1:04 pmSeptember 30, 2019 2:58 pm

It’s possible that Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s taking the Republican line on impeachment will draw a primary challenge, but it’s likely not to result in a primary challenge from the left. “It’s certainly a possibility,” said Micah Rasmussen, director of...

Democrats make August registration gains in key legislative districts

September 10, 2019 9:47 am

Democrats outpaced Republicans in August voter registration in each of the battleground districts for the 2019 mid-term Assembly races. While some of the numbers may seem small, close races for the legislature are not uncommon. Three contests over the last...

Testa, grandson of Holocaust survivors, slams Murphy on Dye hire

August 29, 2019 12:34 pmAugust 29, 2019 2:25 pm

Racist statements made by a former Murphy administration official who serves as President of the Passaic NAACP has now made its way to a hotly contested race for State Senate in a Cape May-Cumberland legislative district. “The recent Anti-Semitic comments...

Municipal judge admits he failed to maintain proper accounts, purchase insurance

August 2, 2019 2:27 pmAugust 2, 2019 3:45 pm

A Vineland municipal court judge admitted to failing to properly maintain accounts dedicated to sums received on behalf of clients and purchase liability insurance earlier this week. Between October 17, 2017, and March 29, 2018, Guy Killen’s name was added...

McClellan slaps Murphy on minimum wage hike

July 2, 2019 10:51 am

Ocean City Councilman Antwan McClellan, a Republican candidate for State Assembly in the 1st district, today stepped up his attacks on Gov. Phil Murphy and the Democratic-controlled Legislature for supporting an increase to New Jersey’s minimum wage. The minimum wage...

Maps: The race for Senate, Assembly in LD1

June 14, 2019 9:48 amJune 14, 2019 11:14 am

There is no place in New Jersey where Republicans are better situated to pick up legislative seats in the 2019 mid-term elections than in the 1st district, which includes Cape May and parts of Cumberland and Atlantic. In 2017, then-Assemblyman...