Presidential Election Archives

The 2021 court ruling behind New Jersey’s latest ballot access fight

August 24, 2026 5:57 amAugust 24, 2026 9:11 am

A five-year-old federal court ruling over who can collect signatures for political candidates has become central to a fight over whether a Libertarian congressional candidate can appear on the ballot in one of New Jersey’s most competitive districts. The case,...

South Carolina could give Booker a head start in 2028

August 4, 2026 10:00 amAugust 4, 2026 5:22 pm

WASHINGTON — When he ran for president in 2020, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker had South Carolina on his mind. Booker visited the state before he entered the race for the Democratic nomination, and again shortly after entering the race. He...

Stack wants to move N.J. primary ahead one week so early voting isn’t the day after Memorial Day

June 15, 2026 5:49 pm

State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City) has introduced legislation to move primary elections to the second Tuesday after the second Monday in June to avoid conflicts with early voting and the Memorial Day holiday. Elections in New Jersey are held...

Descendants of Ulysses Grant, James Garfield and Grover Cleveland will speak in Caldwell in March

February 24, 2026 9:53 amFebruary 24, 2026 9:53 am

Descendants of three American Presidents will speak at a forum in Caldwell next month at a forum sponsored by the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association to celebrate Grover Cleveland Birthday Week. An event will be held at the Grover Cleveland...

New Jerseyans As Presidential Candidates

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:38 pm

Chris Christie’s disastrous 2024 presidential campaign — his one-state strategy failed miserably — keeps Woodrow Wilson’s record intact as the last Garden Stater to win the presidency. Two New Jerseyans ran in 2020: U.S. Senator Cory Booker withdrew on January...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:40 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their name did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to write in...

LBJ, Nixon swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 16, 2026 12:13 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:29 pm

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....