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Jackson councilman who wanted National Guard to protect his town from Lakewood resigning

May 5, 2020 9:43 amMay 5, 2020 8:01 pm

Jackson Council President Barry Calogero is expected to resign today, weeks after he asked Gov. Phil Murphy to call in the National Guard to enforce his shelter-in-place executive order. The conventional wisdom was that Calogero was fanning the flames of...

Jerseyans unsure about summer ’20 trip to Jersey Shore, poll says

April 27, 2020 10:00 amApril 27, 2020 10:03 am

New Jerseyans are still uncertain whether they will visit the Jersey Shore this summer, according to a Monmouth University poll released this morning. Almost six out of ten state residents (58%) said that had planned a Jersey shore trip –...

Mehta, Gibbs will bracket in Ocean

March 31, 2020 11:22 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Rik Mehta and congressional candidate Kate Gibbs will bracket together in Ocean County, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Their opponents are doing the same thing. U.S. Senate candidate Hirsh Singh and congressional candidate David Richter, will...

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...

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)...

Ocean Democrats won’t endorse in 2nd district primary

March 29, 2020 12:12 pmMarch 29, 2020 3:33 pm

Ocean County Democrats will hold an open primary for Congress in New Jersey’s 2nd district, shutting down a convention fight between Amy Kennedy and Brigid Callahan Harrison for the organization line. That means none of the candidates seeking to challenge...