I’m announcing that I’ll be supporting challengers against State Senator James Beach and other elected officials who continue to fuel corrupt machine politics in NJ. Last week’s shameful hearing and vote to gut anti-corruption efforts showed the need for more accountability. We

Let’s review the so-called public hearing process on RWJ Barnabas trying to close the hospital in Long Branch:   - violated public notification laws and scheduled the public hearing on closing Monmouth Medical Center during the workday - canceled it but 250 people showed up

I haven't been able to find a longer video of this. Is it about Bill Spadea or Mikie Sherrill? At the beginning of the remarks, Ciattarelli's talking about Trump endorsing him over Bill Spadea. But then uses the present tense, and says how Trump "puts it" and "always says to me."

Breaking: Democrats have successfully challenged enough petition signatures to bring Green Party gubernatorial candidate Lily Benavides down to 1,998 signatures -- two short of the required number to remain on the ballot. Raj Parikh still has hundreds of challenges remaining.

Must-read story on NJ budget shenanigans from @SusanKLivio on how Dems are taking $ from opioid settlements to give politically connected hospitals and making it harder to force crummy nursing homes to improve. @GovMurphy will have final say.

NEW at NYT: One of the clearest ways to see how Trump has transformed the political landscape is to look at what we're calling "triple trending" counties — those that have steadily marched in each party's direction in the Trump era. The results are stark. Thread...

Are South Jersey Democrats running a phantom Republican candidate for mayor of a big Camden County town? 🧵

Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.

1/ After residency at Mass General Hospital, I reported to Atlanta to meet my fellow CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers. I have never felt so intimidated by my peers The best and the brightest, they were star clinicians, had served in disaster zones; MD/PhDs and MSF.

To be clear: the Judge ordered Elon and the DOGE bros to delete any data they illegally acquired since Trump took office. We are going to make sure they comply. Billionaires don't get to write their own rules.

All weekend we saw news of Trump/Musk gutting USAID. Senator Kim went by this morning to see what's going on.

https://t.co/jGqdUEDJ8v

Trump didn’t get many more votes in NJ. The Democratic nominee, a Black + South Asian woman, got half a million fewer than Biden 4 years ago. ‘Sobering’ for sure.

4.9%

Tom Kean Jr. has beaten Sue Altman to win re-election to the House.

Polls are now closed in New York. You can follow results here in 6 key House races as they come in: https://t.co/AvHlpmmuuE

Andy Kim wins Bob Menendez's old seat in New Jersey to become the first Korean American senator. via @traceytully https://t.co/pRl8NfC3Wp

Andy Kim has won his Senate election against Curtis Bashaw in NJ.

Polls have closed in NJ. Follow along for early results here:

Happy Halloween!