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With the legislative general election moving into full swing, candidates and independent committees already have spent $14.5 million, with more than two thirds being sunk into five key districts, according to reports filed with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). Based on the latest available reports, candidates have raised $31.8 million, spent $12.3[...]

GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli spent over $8 million on media as he worked to get voters to know him, compared with Gov. Phil Murphy’s $3 million on ads.

Follow the money, and the pandemic, in ranking the 10 bills that attracted the most activity among lobbyists at the Statehouse over the last two years.

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, however, that would be the third-highest total, behind $40.9 million in 2011 and $38.3 million in 2017...

Democrats outraised Republicans and incumbents hauled in more than challengers in New Jersey's legislative primary contest set for next month, new figures...