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
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.
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.
☑️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.
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.
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.
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.
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
.
Breaking: Jersey City Mayor
@StevenFulop
has rescinded his endorsement of Tammy Murphy for U.S. Senate and will support
@AndyKimNJ
in the Democratic primary.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
☑️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.
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.
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
☑️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
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.
☑️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.
Rutgers University has suspended Students for Justice in Palestine for disruptive/disorderly conduct and for failing to comply directives of university officials.
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.
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."
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.
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."
BREAKING: The New Jersey Supreme Court has ordered congressional redistricting tiebreaker John E. Wallace, Jr,. to amplify his reasons for picking the Democratic map.
🚨🚨🚨
The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Amy Kennedy will win the Democratic nomination for Congress in NJ-2. She will face Rep. Jeff Van Drew.
Early VBM tallies produced only good news for
@AmyKennedy715
today and there are no trends that point to any other outcome.
Sorry, LG, but when you write a $300 personal check to a candidate, it constitutes support and backing. We stand by our story.
But if you are giving away $300 checks to people you don't support, let me know, and I'll gladly spread the word.
Scooplet: Former Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, the '17 GOP gubernatorial candidate against Phil Murphy, is supporting Democrat Steve Fulop for Governor in 2025.
When Doug Mastriano was serving in Desert Storm, he asked for a New Jersey state flag to display on a tank. Gov. Jim Florio and State Sen. Franny McManimon made it happen.
Mastriano's sister: "He's very proud of his state and he wanted a flag."
Brian P. Stack has no GOP opponent in his State Senate re-election campaign, but that didn’t stop him from mailing a sign to every household in Union City. He’s asking people to put the poster in their front window. No doubt they will.
Ciattarelli has an 8-point lead in Gloucester. Murphy won there by 12 points in 2017. Two GOP county commissioner candidates leading, and sheriff's race is razor-tight.
Not taking sides on the map, but both parties told me that 79-year-old former Supreme Court Justice John Wallace severely lacked proficiency in New Jersey geography and had practically no familiarity with technology. He didn't know where counties and towns were located.
New: Andy Kim is in Trenton and will attend today's court hearing on his lawsuit to abolish county organization lines in New Jersey. Kim is on the list of potential witnesses.
New Jersey
Senate: 25 Democrats, 15 Republicans
Assembly: 51 Democrats, 29 Republicans
Democrats beat Ed Durr in the Senate race and flipped five Assembly seats, including one in the solidly GOP Lakewood-based district in Ocean County.
🚨🚨🚨
Interrupting Super Bowl Sunday with a major New Jersey story: 87-year-old State Sen. Samuel Thompson, a conservative Republican facing a primary challenge, will switch parties and seek re-election as a Democrat.
HOLY CRAP:
@AndyKimNJ
raised $1.17 million in Q3 and has $1.9 million banked for his U.S. Senate bid in New Jersey. But the big news is how many individual donors he has.
#Kimentum