New Jersey

NJ: Constitutionally Impaired Republican Congressman Will Face Challenge from Constitution Party Candidate

By on July 26, 2010 2:07 PM

Remember Congressman Frank LoBiondo? He is the Republican lawmaker whose gross ignorance of the Constitution was revealed at a town hall meeting earlier this year. …

Allah Divine, Candidate for the New Black Panther Party, Burns American Flag

By Trent Hill on May 28, 2010 8:54 PM

Allah Divine is a candidate for City Council in Trenton, New Jersey, for the New Black Panther Party. He is a regional rep and chapter leader of Trenton, New Jersey’s New Black Panther Party.…

Reform Party to Appear at NJ Gay Pride Parade

By on May 5, 2010 6:50 PM

Emailed to [email protected]:

The NJ Reform Party will be present for the festivities at New Jersey’s 19th annual LGBT parade and festival! The Reform Party is proud to bring the message of fiscal responsibility to the state’s largest gay pride event.…

New Jersey’s largest gay rights group to stop donating to the Democratic Party

By Ross Levin on February 9, 2010 7:11 PM

From Raw Story:

The largest gay-rights advocacy group in New Jersey has announced it will no longer give money to the Democratic Party.The move follows the state legislature’s failure last month to legalize gay marriage and amid growing signs that the effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is already faltering.

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Could the Reform Party of New Jersey be revived?

By Ross Levin on January 3, 2010 4:03 PM

From the Atlantic Highlands Herald:

“I have seen an immediate upsurge in interest in over a dozen states that have previously been unorganized,” said Collison.

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What happened to Chris Daggett?: Why N.J.’s independent candidate failed to beat Jon Corzine and Chris Christie

By on December 26, 2009 11:54 PM

David Redlawsk writes at NJ.com:

Chris Daggett’s campaign received much more visibility and attention than most observers had expected, but his debate performance, clever ads and early endorsement by The Star-Ledger were not enough to establish permanent traction with the voters.…

Democrats in New Jersey resort to dirty, potentially ineffective tactic

By Ross Levin on November 2, 2009 9:13 PM

The New Jersey Democratic Party is now admitting that it has payed for robocalls in favor of independent candidate Chris Daggett. The political chattering class has been saying that Daggett voters are most likely to have Republican Chris Christie as their second choice.…

AP: ‘Third party challenges in NJ, NY are warning sign’

By Ross Levin on October 31, 2009 11:43 AM

In an article today, the Associated Press is speculating about third parties’ near-term future in this country, based on strong candidacies this year:

Third party candidates could upend two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual…
But the impact of those candidacies on the high-profile contests points to an anti-incumbent, anti-establishment sentiment that could be a prevailing theme in the 2010 congressional elections and beyond.

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Instant runoff voting in New Jersey

By Ross Levin on October 31, 2009 9:15 AM

In light of the potential close three-way split (and there are nine other candidates in the race, too), three major newspapers have printed opinion pieces in favor of instant runoff voting. …

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