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New Jersey splits on school referendums: two approved, two defeated

March 10, 2020 11:13 pmMarch 11, 2020 12:18 am

Woodbridge and Belmar passed school construction bond referendums on Tuesday, but voters in Edison and South Harrison rejected them. The four municipalities to hold Special School Board referendums today. Edison rejected their second referendum in three months. A $183.2 million...

Voters headed to polls in four N.J. towns today

March 10, 2020 11:40 amMarch 10, 2020 2:38 pm

Voters in four New Jersey municipalities will go to the polls today for Special School Board elections. New Jersey law requires voter approval on school construction bond issues that will incur additional debt for towns. Today is one of five...

Belling is Booker’s new South Jersey director

March 9, 2020 11:43 am

Cory Booker has named Deptford councilwoman MacKenzie Belling as the South Jersey state director on his U.S. Senate staff. She succeeds Bill Moen, who departed in January to take his seat as the assemblyman from the 5th legislative district. State...

GOP chips away at some county registration leads

March 3, 2020 3:16 pm

Republicans chipped away at Democratic registration leads in some key New Jersey counties in February, though Democratic leads continued to expand in others. In Cumberland County, Democrats’ registration lead fell to 11,777. It was 11,950 at the start of February...

NJ-2 candidates should disavow Callaway, seven Dem chairs say

February 28, 2020 6:23 pmFebruary 29, 2020 2:07 pm

Seven Democratic county chairmen from South Jersey are calling on 2nd district congressional candidates to sign a pledge disavowing support from the Callaway-led Atlantic City Democratic organization. The group, which voted last month to endorse Amy Kennedy, is run by...

Gloucester GOP picks freeholder candidates

February 21, 2020 5:30 pmFebruary 21, 2020 3:07 pm

Gloucester is the only Democratic-controlled county in New Jersey that went for Donald Trump in 2016 and some Republicans think it could be a battleground county this fall. The GOP is expected to announce tonight that Greenwich Township mayor George...

Shivery backs Mehta for Senate

February 21, 2020 12:21 pm

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rik Mehta has picked up a prestigious Gloucester County endorsement with the support of Greenwich Township mayor George Shivery, Jr. “I couldn’t sit back and watch my fellow Republicans attack a candidate because they are unhappy...