March 24, 2024 | In the News
First Lady Tammy Murphy says she is “proud of the overwhelming support” she received from Camden County Democrats at last weekend’s convention. And that, in a nutshell, tells you why she is unfit to a U.S. Senator. Because the bullies in Camden set up a fake election...
March 24, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey’s economy posted a loss for the first time in six months, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday, after the labor market showed signs of slowing last year. The New Jersey jobless rate in February hovered at 4.8%, where it’s...
March 24, 2024 | In the News
The end of the line could be near for New Jersey’s almighty political machine. A federal judge in Trenton is poised to rule as early as this week on a lawsuit aimed at kneecapping local bigwigs’ influence over party primaries and the nominating process. First lady...
March 24, 2024 | In the News
Sen. Bob Menendez was the quintessential New Jersey Democratic machine politician. Now he may have inadvertently become the biggest reformer Garden State politics has ever known. Menendez’s scathing federal corruption indictment in September unleashed a chain of...
March 22, 2024 | In the News
TRENTON, N.J. — On Sunday evening, Democratic Rep. Andy Kim celebrated a decisive win at the Atlantic County Democratic Committee’s convention, giving him an advantageous position on the county’s ballot in the June 4 Senate primary. The next day, Kim took the witness...
March 21, 2024 | In the News
BERNARDS TWP. – A township resident was one of two candidates to win the Somerset County Republican Organization (SCRO) endorsement on Tuesday, March 5, to run for two seats on the Somerset County Board of Commissioners. Nick Cuozzo, a gaming industry executive who...
March 20, 2024 | In the News
In February 2022, the Maplewood Democratic Committee overwhelmingly voted to do away with the “county line” for local primary elections, taking a distinctly progressive position in a statewide discussion on ballot reform. Although the initial vote was for a one-year...
March 20, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey’s primary election is not until June, but state elections are already in the national spotlight because of their ballot design. Over the weekend, Attorney General Matt Platkin said he will not defend New Jersey’s “county line” system, challenged by U.S....
March 19, 2024 | In the News
Governor Murphy Announces Eric Miller as Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today announced Eric Miller as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Governor’s Office of Climate Action and...
March 19, 2024 | In the News
A federal judge questioned the claim that New Jersey’s county clerks don’t have time to reprint ballots before this year’s June primary elections — as he considers a case that could rob the state’s political machines of a tool that researchers say can decide an...
March 18, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Regulations issued by executive branch agencies often get criticized by regulatory opponents as being made by “unelected bureaucrats,” divorced from political pressures and the messiness of democracy. Partly because of that sentiment, the Supreme Court appears poised...
March 18, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s office said it will not defend the way primary ballots are designed in the state following a lawsuit from Rep. Andy Kim, who says the ballots give preferential treatment to county-backed candidates. The move is the latest...
March 15, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey Assembly leaders pumped the brakes on the steamroller seeking to amend the state’s Open Public Records Act, acknowledging the widespread opposition to a host of changes that would make it more difficult for the public to gain access to public documents. The...
March 12, 2024 | In the News
In New Jersey, candidates backed by political parties get a more prominent spot on the ballot. This has been going on for years as a vestige of party machine power, particularly among Democrats, and it’s an archaic, indefensible practice deliberately designed to...
March 12, 2024 | In the News
TOMS RIVER – Voters choose who they want to lead them, but how did the politicians even get on the ballot to begin with? That starts with the leaders of the two main parties. Ocean County’s political landscape will undoubtedly undergo significant shifts as a result of...
March 11, 2024 | In the News
It’s a concept now front-and-center in Jersey politics as First Lady Tammy Murphy goes for a U.S. Senate seat and is being accused of having the path cleared for her in the Democratic primary because her husband happens to be the still-very-powerful Gov. Phil Murphy....
March 11, 2024 | In the News
Sometimes election meddling takes place in plain view. Consider New Jersey’s “party line” ballots, which let county bosses put their favored primary candidates front and center, relegating the rest to the periphery. A lawsuit in this year’s Senate race is asking for...
