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Democrats get prime hotel assignment for Milwaukee convention

August 22, 2019 4:48 pmAugust 23, 2019 2:26 am

The New Jersey delegation to the 2020 Democratic National Convention has landed one of the prime downtown Milwaukee hotels, according to a report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The president of the Milwaukee DNC Host Committee that had a hand...

Booker adds endorsements in three states

August 20, 2019 11:36 amAugust 20, 2019 3:08 pm

Cory Booker has picked up some decent endorsements over the last two days as he pursues the Democratic nomination for President. In Georgia, Booker was endorsed by State Sen. Lester Jackson (D-Savannah), the Chairman Emeritus of the Georgia Legislative Black...

Wisniewski still undecided on Dem presidential candidate

August 16, 2019 1:02 pm

Former Assemblyman John Wisniewski isn’t ready to back anyone for the Democratic nod to take on President Donald Trump. “There’s a lot of good ones. I think Sen. [Cory] Booker has shown himself to have the chops that are necessary...

‘Outrageous’ that Muslim congresswomen barred from Israel, Murphy says

August 15, 2019 1:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said Israel blocking two progressive congresswomen from visiting the country at the behest of President Donald Trump “completely outrageous” Thursday. “I say as a former ambassador, we entertain congressional delegations of all stripes across the political spectrum,”...

Booker raising money for Steve King opponent

August 14, 2019 8:59 pm

Cory Booker is raising money for the Democrat challenging Rep. Steve King in Iowa. Booker’s fundraising appeal for J.D. Scholten comes on the heels of the latest King controversy: he told a conservative group that rape and incest was the...

Trump NJ fundraising lags way behind Bush re-election haul

August 13, 2019 2:07 pmAugust 13, 2019 5:44 pm

Donald Trump’s New Jersey fundraising is down more than 69% from where George W. Bush was at the same point in his re-election campaign sixteen years ago. Trump has raised $359,661 from New Jersey donors, while Bush raised $1,176,550 during...

Currie attacks Steinhardt for defense of Trump on race

August 12, 2019 12:51 pmAugust 22, 2019 3:30 pm

Democratic State Committee Chairman John Currie launched an attack at his Republican counterpart over a defense of President Trump on race mounted by Doug Steinhardt. “From the day he launched his campaign calling Mexicans ‘rapists,’ to his insistence that Neo-Nazi...