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Breaking: the daughter of @RabbiShmuley claims @DrOz stole her fundraising list and never paid her. She filed a lawsuit against Mehmet Oz in federal court today, 4 days before a close U.S. Senate race against @JohnFetterman in Pennsylvainia. #PASenate .
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The husband and son of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas were shot this evening after a gunman dressed as a Federal Express delivery driver entered their North Brunswick home. Her son is dead; her husband in critical condition.
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Doug Mastriano, the GOP candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, was registered to vote in New Jersey until 2021.
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George Norcross was physically removed from the @Eagles game today because he is played a banner of the American and Israeli flags outside his box.
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Ever wonder how a mayor of a New Jersey city keeps getting 100% of the vote?
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🚨🚨🚨.Scoop: Tammy Murphy is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race in New Jersey.
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.@BernieSanders filed today to run in the June 2 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary.
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BREAKING: @AndyKimNJ says that Bob Menendez should resign from the U.S. Senate. He's the first major Democrat to say anything.
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BREAKING: State Sen. Dawn Addiego is switching parties, will join New Jersey Senate Democratic caucus.
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☑️ Tom Kean, Jr. has unseated two-term Rep. Tom Malinowski in New Jersey's 7th district. This is a pickup for Republicans.
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☑️In an unbelievable upset, Democrat Avi Schnall has defeated Republican Assemblyman Ned Thomson in one of the reddest districts in the state. He leads by 453 votes with all of Monmouth in and half of Lakewood machines still uncounted.
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Bob Menendez has been close to the Norcross family for decades, so the decision of @DonaldNorcross to call for his resignation is another strong signal that Democrats are not with him this time.
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Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison.
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Gov. Phil Murphy calls on Bob Menendez to resign his seat in the United States Senate.
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That's @CoryBooker sitting on a bar in Philadelphia stumping for @JohnFetterman, who is running for U.S. Senate against one of Booker's constituents from New Jersey.
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U.S. Senator George Helmy, who leaves office tomorrow, assembled a 100% voting record during his three months and 86 roll call votes in the United States Senate.
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BREAKING: Atilis Gym owner Ian Smith, who made national news for his opposition to @GovMurphy COVID-19 policies, is running for Congress against @AndyKimNJ in NJ-3. @TheAtilisGym @iansmithfitness.
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BREAKING: Gov. Phil Murphy will appoint George Helmy, his former chief of staff, to the U.S. Senate to replace Bob Menendez.
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This looks like an upset in the making: Senate President Steve Sweeney is trailing by 1,880 votes -- to a Republican named Edward Durr. This race is now too close to call.
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HOLY CRAP: @AndyKimNJ is closing in on a mammoth $1 million fundraising haul in his first week as a U.S. Senate candidate. This is a big deal for #kimentum.
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This is a big deal: @AndyKimNJ defeated @TammyMurphyNJ in a Monmouth County Democratic establishment straw poll by a margin of over 2-1.
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New Jersey Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones says his party needs to accept that Joe Biden is their nominee and channel their efforts to ensure Donald Trump doesn't become their president.
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BREAKING: the NJ Attorney General will ask a judge to keep the polls open in Burlington County until 9 PM to accommodate voters who have faced massive lines -- and some that may have simply gone home.
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Very sad news: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. has died at 65.
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Incredibly sad news: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver has died.
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Breaking: Jersey City Mayor @StevenFulop has rescinded his endorsement of Tammy Murphy for U.S. Senate and will support @AndyKimNJ in the Democratic primary.
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🔥🔥🔥.BREAKING: New Jersey Attorney General views county organization lines as unconstitutional, and the state won't defend it in court.
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BREAKING: New Jersey is preparing to present a constitutional amendment to voters in November 2023 that would make abortion a basic human right.
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This is a goliathan deal: @AndyKimNJ wins Monmouth County Democratic convention over Tammy Murphy by 18 points.
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☑️Andy Kim wins the Sussex County Democratic convention -- his fourth straight win in the race for U.S. Senate.
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NJ Senate Majority Whip Troy Singleton endorses @AndyKimNJ for U.S. Senate against Bob Menendez and expresses interest in the open NJ-3 House seat.
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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is expected to resign from the U.S. Senate effective August 20, with a letter of resignation coming as early as today, per three sources with knowledge of his plans.
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Breaking: Republicans win a council seat in Maywood -- a new election after the November race ended in a tie. Maywood is a Democratic town -- is this a harbinger of the 2022 midterms?.
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Breaking: New Jersey Supreme Court has dismissed a Republican challenge to congressional redistricting.
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Breaking: @AndyKimNJ has an internal poll showing him with a 23-point lead over @TammyMurphyNJ in the New Jersey Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Bob Menendez is nearly at zero among likely 2024 primary voters.
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Holy crap: 135,075 votes were cast in New Jersey's first day of Early Voting on Saturday.
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In Tinton Falls, 97-year-old Vito Perillo has won re-election to a second term as mayor. He'll be 101 when his term is over.
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BREAKING: New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy is fielding calls to discuss a possible bid for the U.S. Senate in 2024, maybe against Bob Menendez in a primary. This is very real.
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Grifter gotta grift: Bob Menendez stayed at a 4-star hotel in Lower Manhattan while on trial for corruption, and his campaign paid the bill. He got a discounted government employee rate.
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This is a big deal: the National Organization for Women has endorsed @AndyKimNJ for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in a primary against two women. @NationalNOW @NationalNOWPAC .
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Bombshell from @jonathan4ny: Gold bars featured in Bob Menendez bribery case linked to 2013 robbery, records show.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz is still a registered voter in New Jersey, so if he loses Pennsylvania primary, he can be home in time to vote in the June 7 GOP primary.
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Bill Pascrell, an 87-year-old New Jersey congressman seeking a 15th term, remains in intensive care and receiving breathing assistance 10 days after being hospitalized with a fever.
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Times moves quickly: in his 45 days as a U.S. Senator, @AndyKimNJ has jumped from 100th in seniority to 88th.
Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) sworn in to US Senate by Vice President Vance.
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Right now, it looks like Republicans are on a path to pick up 8 Assembly seats in New Jersey, two each in districts 2, 3, 11 and 16.
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☑️Herb Conaway, Jr. has been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in NJ-3. He will succeed Andy Kim.
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Interesting: NOW-NJ has voted to recommend an endorsement of @AndyKimNJ for U.S. Senate in a Democratic primary that includes three women candidates, including First Lady Tammy Murphy.
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After a 25-hour speech last week, @CoryBooker now has a favorable rating of 65% among Democrats in a new national poll. This is good news for Booker's expected run for president in 2028.
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☑️Andy Kim wins the Burlington County Democratic convention with 90.4%. He'll have the organization line in the June primary for his U.S. Senate bid.
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☑️State Sen. Vin Gopal has won re-election to a third term in the 11th district. Democrats flip two Assembly seats, with Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul ousting Republican incumbents Marilyn Piperno and Kim Eulner.
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BREAKING: The House Majority PAC will begin spending money to help @suealtman flip the close NJ-7 congressional race against Tom Kean, Jr., with TV ads in the expensive New York TV market set to begin as early as tomorrow.
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New: @CoryBooker has called on Bob Menendez to resign from the U.S. Senate. Personally tough for Booker -- the two are genuinely friends.
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Breaking: New Jersey's largest firefighters union, which endorsed Tom Kean in 2020, is now backing @Malinowski in NJ-7.
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N.J. Assembly candidate admits it was wrong to smear fecal matter on the door of a daycare center, but says he was angry about Obama's election.
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Bob Menendez's name will be removed from a New Jersey elementary school before students return in September.
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☑️Mikie Sherrill has won re-election to Congress in NJ-11.
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First Look: @MikieSherrill announces her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey.
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New: @AndyKimNJ has concerns about Joe Biden staying in the presidential race and is open to discussing replacing him on the ticket. (via @pocryphal).
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New Hampshire 2024 GOP poll has Chris Chistie at 0.5%, up from 0% in just five months.
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Republicans have won control of the Paramus Township Council.
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New: 70% of New Jerseyans want Bob Menendez to resign from the U.S. Senate, new @FDUPoll says. This part will be like a dagger through his heart: 71% of Hispanics want him gone.
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This is a big deal: @AndyKimNJ wins the endorsement of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization tonight with 92% of the vote.
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On @MSNBC, @CoryBooker said he would lead an effort to expel Bob Menendez form the United States Senate if he doesn't resign.
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☑️Andy Kim has been elected to the United States Senate from New Jersey.
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It's official: Ian Smith, the Atilis gym owner who made national headlines as the face of opposition to Gov. Phil Murphy's Covid restrictions & mandates, is running for Congress against @AndyKimNJ in NJ-3. @iansmithfitness @TheAtilisGym .
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Breaking: The new state director for U.S. Senator @AndyKimNJ will be former NJ-7 candidate @suealtman.
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☑️Andy Kim wins the Hunterdon County Democratic convention on the first ballot with 62%. He'll have the organization line in the June primary for U.S. Senate
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Holy Crap: @AndyKimNJ has raised $2.75 million since joining the race for a U.S. Senate seat on September 23. He raised $1.75 million in Q4.
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Ocean County Democratic Chairman Wyatt Earp tells Bob Menendez to resign. Earp is the first major labor leader to call for Menendez to step down.
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🚨🚨🚨.Breaking: The New Jersey Supreme Court has selected Democrat John Wallace as the tiebreaker for the Congressional Redistricting Commission.
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Breaking: Senate President Steve Sweeney will concede his loss to Edward Durr tomorrow, and Senate Democrats will elect his successor on Friday.
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A U.S. Postal Service official has confirmed that the woman under investigation for discarding Tom Kean's campaign mailers into a Pennsylvania dumpster has been removed from her job as a postal worker in Succasunna, NJ.
Political mail for a New Jersey Republican congressman in a close race was allegedly dumped by a postal worker at a Pennsylvania supermarket. The incident was recorded, and USPS is investigating.
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Tiebreaker John Wallace says maps were tied and he picked the Democratic map because the 2011 tiebreaker picked the Republican map last time and it was their turn. Seriously, that's what the former NJ Supreme Court Justice just ruled.
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This is a big deal: a moderate, gay Republican beats back a Trump-endorsed conservative in what might be a three-way race for a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey.
☑️Curtis Bashaw has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, defeating a candidate endorsed by Donald Trump. He will face Democrat Andy Kim -- and independent Bob Menendez -- in the fall.
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Breaking: Former Rep. Tom Malinowski endorses @AndyKimNJ for U.S. Senate, ends speculation that he might enter NJ-7 race.
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New: @AndyKimNJ says he will challenge Bob Menendez in the 2024 Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
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Holy crap: @MikieSherrill raised $600,000 in her first 24 hours as a candidate for Governor and has already qualified for matching funds.
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☑️Andy Kim wins the Warren County Democratic convention -- his fifth consecutive victory in secret ballot convention contests in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey.
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Scoop: @AndyKimNJ leads @TammyMurphyNJ by 19- points in the New Jersey Democratic U.S. Senate primary in a @ppppolls survey conducted by the Kim campaign.
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New: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will hold a press conference on Monday morning. He's expected to be defiant and repeat that he won't resign.
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Scoop: Ed "The Trucker" Durr has ended his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor and has endorsed @BillSpadea.
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🚨New: @FDUPoll shows @AndyKimNJ leading @TammyMurphyNJ by 12 points, 32%-20% among potential Democratic U.S. Senate primary voters.
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New: Former Rep. Rush Holt, who was literally a rocket scientist before spending 16 years in Congress, has endorsed @AndyKimNJ for U.S. Senate.
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Human GOTV Machine @mayorstack mobilizes volunteers to get people to vote early — and he’s unopposed.
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Bob Menendez voted for a law that will strip him of his Senate pension, and he'll likely lose his state pension as well.
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Senate President Pro-Tempore Patty Murray swears in George Helmy as the new United States Senator from New Jersey.
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Rutgers University has suspended Students for Justice in Palestine for disruptive/disorderly conduct and for failing to comply directives of university officials.
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Attention, New Jersey: if you mailed your ballot, or if you brought it to a drop box, check and confirm that it was received. Give it a couple of days, but you can do this online.
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Holy Crap: @AndyKimNJ has raised a mammoth $7 million in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat after an enormous Q1.
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Halloween '88 in Saddle River, NJ: former President Richard Nixon welcomed trick-or-treaters to his home. He gave out candy bars, a can of soda, and an autographed card.
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From @RebovichInst: "You could not have a better example of how differently Andy Kim’s mind works than other politicians. He didn’t hire a pollster or gauge potential support. When he sees a problem, his impulse is to spring into action and help clean it up.".
New: @AndyKimNJ says he will challenge Bob Menendez in the 2024 Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
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Now it's five Democratic county chairs.
Three of New Jersey's most powerful Democratic County Chairmen say that Bob Menendez should resign.
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Note Chris Christie was a guest in George Norcross' box. He said or did nothing as his friend was being escorted out. I guess his nachos were not jeoardy.
George Norcross was physically removed from the @Eagles game today because he is played a banner of the American and Israeli flags outside his box.
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Veteran Trenton councilman says the term "Jew them down" is just a "statement of speech.". "You know, it’s like a car dealer, they wanted $5,000, you Jew ‘em down to $4,000." .
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