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SOMA ACTION ENDORSES CANDIDATES IN NEW JERSEY GENERAL ELECTION NOV 2, 2021     SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ – October 22, 2021 – SOMA Action, the South Orange/Maplewood-based grassroots organization focused on driving progressive change, voted to endorse a slate of candidates in the 2021 New Jersey Election. New Jersey is one of two states with a[...]

The legislation would task the state Department of Environmental Protection with ensuring access to any state-owned lake where boats are allowed.

File photo Last month’s legislative primary in New Jersey saw record fundraising by candidates statewide in a primary, and independent spending organizations kicked in essentially a new June election high on ads to boost candidates in a handful of districts. Candidates took in more than $37.4 million, the most ever, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) of post-election spending reports submitted through June 30. When adjusting for inflation, ho...

VHS senior Isabella Hussar (right) did her Capstone interning for Christine Clarke (left), the Democratic candidate for New Jersey state Senate. For the last month, the Verona High School class of 2021 has been spending its time in businesses, not classrooms, as part of the annual senior Capstone. Isabella Hussar, however, spent her time on the front lines of New Jersey politics, the first VHS student to do a Capstone that way. Hussar interned on Christine Clarke’s state Senate campaign for D...

NJs Tuesday primary demonstrated the sustained strength of the coveted party ballot lines for incumbents. What will progressive reformers do next?

NJs Tuesday primary demonstrated the sustained strength of the coveted party ballot lines for incumbents. What will progressive reformers do next?

Among the takeaways from New Jersey’s primary election: Party bosses maintain a powerful hold over candidates, winners and losers alike.

Conservative Assemblyman Jay Webber is the least surprising primary battleground winner of the night, but there's a close race underway to be his running mate. Fellow incumbent Betty Lou DeCroce and Webber's 2021 teammate Christian Barranco are locked in a tight contest in the three-county distri

In-person voting was allowed Tuesday for New Jersey’s primary election, usually a dependably low-turnout affair.

For the first time since 1989? It looks like there won't be a DeCroce representing New Jersey's 26th Legislative District. Assemblyman Jay Webber coasted to victory on Tuesday and his running mate - Christian Barranco - lead incumbent Betty Lou DeCroce by a little less than 500 votes. DeCroce has