Category: Politics

After becoming governor, Mikie Sherrill’s 11th district congressional seat has garnered attention. Democratic candidates scrambling to fill the vacancy are moving quickly. The suddenly empty seat, long held by Sherrill, has drawn attention from both experienced and inexperienced politicians, setting the stage for a dramatic special election. As she begins her gubernatorial duties, Sherrill has…

Housing policy specialist Katie Brennan and Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla won their first political race in a party elite and machine politics-dominated New Jersey district. That they won one of the state’s most contentious Assembly races suggests reform-minded representation above party supremacy. Brennan and Bhalla defeated establishment-backed candidates in Jersey City and the 32nd Assembly…

Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy warned his party that time is running out if it doesn’t change course before the 2026 midterms. Roy, a longtime Trump ally, said the GOP must answer for its failures in key races. Roy discussed Democratic wins in Republican strongholds. He referenced Democratic momentum from Virginia’s attorney general election and…

After the election, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk warned of a Western existential threat. He cautioned that Western culture could be at peril without drastic change after conservatives’ poor performance. Musk’s comments followed Democratic victories in key states. These outcomes hurt his political friends and made him more pessimistic. He said “suicidal empathy” is weakening Western…

In Bergen County, New Jersey, over 400 mail-in votes were discarded due to the wrong inside envelope. A county judge ordered the officials to notify impacted voters as soon as possible so they could cast provisional ballots before Election Day. State law requires mail-in ballots to include a privacy sleeve, but these did not. These…

Unexpectedly, Democrats won the New Jersey governorship. Because six Republican-voting areas shifted to Democrats. This shows that Garden State politics are evolving. These changes will affect state and national politics. Gloucester, Cumberland, Atlantic, Morris, Passaic, and Hunterdon voted for the Democrat, helping her win big. Five counties supported the Republican governor in the last election….

Early Election Day, New Jersey police detained a teenager for threatening to bomb a North Brunswick, Middlesex County voting center. The disaster forced thousands to escape, disrupting voting routes and raising election day concerns in numerous counties. About 8:15 a.m. North Brunswick’s Livingston Park Elementary School polling site received a bomb threat text Tuesday morning….

The intensely contested special election to fill the vacant Central Ward seat on the Newark City Council has counted early and same-day in-person ballots as of Tuesday night, but mail-in and provisional votes are still pending The campaign will determine who represents one of the city’s key wards after a council member, now a U.S….

None of the seven Jersey City mayoral candidates received more than half the vote. So, a rematch will decide the winner. A mayoral election will be held in New Jersey’s second-largest city on December 2, 2025. Councilman James Solomon and former Governor Jim McGreevey are running opposed. Solomon started the race with a tiny lead…

One of New Jersey’s most heated governorship campaigns saw Democrat Mikie Sherrill overcome Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Her victory gives Democrats a third term in New Jersey, showing voter support for their agenda. State’s second female governor was former Navy pilot and congressman Sherrill. Her victory came when New Jersey voters needed stable leadership and effective…