Redistricting: Is today the day?
Getting conflicting signals about whether the redistricting commission meeting in New Brunswick will produce a map today or not. For those who haven’t been paying attention, New Jersey’s population...
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See NJ’s new congressional map
New Jersey’s redistricting commission is meeting this morning to adopt the congressional map that will govern elections for the coming decade. A cross-section of the new congressional district map...
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House, Senate honoring Payne
Rep. Chris Smith, R-Robbinsville, speaks about the late Rep. Donald Payne, D-Newark Tributes from the White House to Newark to City Hall have poured in for the late Rep. Donald Payne, D-Newark, who...
View ArticleNJ votes party line on health care repeal
Not much surprising in today’s vote in the House to repeal the 2010 health insurance law: NJ REPUBLICANS NJ DEMOCRATS Frelinghuysen: Aye Andrews: No Garrett: Aye Holt: No Lance: Aye Pallone: No...
View ArticleColleagues, son honor late Rep. Donald Payne
Excerpts from last night’s reception hosted by the New Jersey State Society, which included members of the congressional delegation sharing memories of the late Rep. Donald Payne, along with his son,...
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Dispatches from New Jersey GOP, Democratic election headquarters
The Record’s John Reitmeyer is with the Democrats in New Brunswick and Michael Linhorst is in Belleville with the Republicans tonight. We’ll update this blog with the latest from both parties election...
View ArticleRep. Garrett defends decision not to sign letter asking for federal aid
Rep. Scott Garrett defended his decision not to sign a letter calling for federal assistance in the wake of superstorm Sandy after a meeting between Governor Christie and the state’s congressional...
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Full NJ delegation urges Obama to fund Sandy recovery
The entire New Jersey delegation in Congress signed a letter circulated by Sen. Frank Lautenberg urging President Obama to send a special funding request to Capitol Hill for superstorm Sandy recovery....
View ArticleNJ delegation asks to meet Obama about Sandy
New Jersey’s delegation in Congress is asking to meet with President Obama to talk about the state’s need for federal aid to recover from superstorm Sandy. The letter, circulated among the delegation...
View ArticleHouse may not vote on any Sandy relief
Members of Congress from New Jersey and New York searched for superlatives to express their outrage late Tuesday that an expected vote on superstorm Sandy relief funding might not happen before...
View ArticleBooker leads potential opponents in Senate race, poll shows
Newark Mayor Cory Booker has a commanding lead over likely opponents in next year’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released this afternoon. The survey, by PowerPAC.org, is the...
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Sweeney says he won’t run for governor, Buono set to announce ‘major...
Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, announced he will not run for governor. Senate President Stephen Sweeney has joined to growing list of Democrats, to declare they will not run for...
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New Jersey Democratic State Committee backs Buono’s gubernatorial bid
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., endorses state Sen. Barbara Buono’s gubernatorial bid. The state Democratic Party has thrown its support behind Sen. Barbara Buono’s gubernatorial run, calling on party...
View ArticleCongressmen ask Attorney General to review New Jersey lottery privatization
Six New Jersey members of Congress are asking the U.S. Attorney General to review Governor Christie’s plan to privatize the state lottery’s sales and marketing functions. The Democratic congressmen say...
View ArticleBooker leads other Dems in new poll
Newark Mayor Cory Booker holds a substantial lead over other potential Democratic primary candidates in the primary race to fill a U.S. Senate seat left open by the death of Frank Lautenberg last week,...
View ArticlePallone officially joins U.S. Senate race
Clutching a box of nominating petitions in his arms, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-Monmouth, officially joined the contest today to fill the U.S. Senate seat of the late Frank Lautenberg. Pallone, a...
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Christie defends special election to fill Lautenberg’s vacant U.S. Senate seat
Governor Christie appointed Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to fill Frank Lautenberg’s U.S. Senate seat until a replacement is elected in October. (CHRIS PEDOTA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Governor Christie...
View ArticleMorning News: Four Dems vying for Senate nomination
Two Republicans and four Democrats, including Newark Mayor Cory Booker, have filed papers to seek their party’s nomination to run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Frank Lautenberg last...
View ArticleMorning News: Christie racking up Democratic endorsements
Governor Christie is seeking to create a sense of inevitability around his reelection prospects and seems to be hoping that a wave of high-profile Democratic endorsements will boost turnout in this...
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South Jersey Democrats back Booker, Pallone snags Middlesex, Holt releases video
Democrats from New Jersey’s seven southern counties backed Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s U.S. Senate run. Democrats from the state’s seven southern counties threw their support behind Cory Booker’s U.S....
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