John McCain is taking a ferry ride down the East River from New York City to Highland, New Jersey. Sounds like a great photo op, no? Turns out, McCain's tour will pass a series of landmarks he opposed funding for or even voted voted against.
CNN reported late last night on massive Democratic turnout across the country. Some of these figures are based off of incomplete returns, like Arizona for instance, who broke the previous record by 80,000 with 67% percent in at the time....
John McCain completed the tri-state trifecta, adding to his win in Connecticut with wins in New York and New Jersey.
The networks called several states since the polls closed at 8:00pm. Here's a shocker: Gov. Mike Huckabee won his home state of Arkansas. Gov. Mitt Romney was able to hold on to the state he, apparently, despised for the twenty-plus...
21 days from today, New Jersey voters will vote on if the state should spend forty-five million dollars a year for 10 years on stem cell research.
Summary of state process
According to a new poll of 800 likely voters in New Jersey, Bush's approval rating has dropped to 18%.
Last night, New Jersey Democrats celebrated a huge upset victory in Morris Township, where Jeff Grayzel became the first Democrat elected to the Morris Township Council in over 30 years.
As part of his ongoing struggle to explain away his record, smooth talking Mitt Romney is heading to New Jersey today. Romney has been traveling across the country trying to explain away the contradictions and shifting positions in his record. Romney's efforts have been so blatant that a
Boston Globe columnist today published a "virtual debate" between the two Mitt Romneys: the "Moderate Mitt" who ran for Senate in 1994 and Governor in 2002, and Romney2008, "the conservative Romney has become since catching Potomac Fever."
Last week's election provided many despicable efforts on the part of the GOP to intimidate and deceive American voters. Last Tuesday, despite the efforts of Republicans, the American people went to the polls and rejected the Karl Rove politics of hate and division, and overwhelmingly voted for fundamental change.
Poll results for the Senate seats in Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia.
DNC Chairman Howard Dean sent a letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman calling on the Republican leader to confirm that "the RNC will refrain from engaging in, assisting in or participating in any" program that could potentially disenfranchise voters in these midterm elections.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in response to the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling.
Editorial boards across the country agree President Bush, at his press conference this week, failed to offer a new direction and instead stuck to his administration's failed strategy for Iraq. Tomorrow, it will be only a month until the war in Iraq is the same length as American involvement in World War II.
From Bluejersey.com: The NJ Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the marriage equality case, finding that New Jersey's State Constitution requires equal rights for all - but, left it to the legislature to decide what to call it. The...
Congressman Mike Honda, DNC Vice Chair, kicked-off The 50-State Turnout with New Jersey congressional candidate, Linda Stender, beginning the morning by canvassing with members of Plumbers Local 24 before heading to the Asian Trade Show and Chinese Festival.
On Saturday, October 7, Democrats will kick-off the final month of voter contact activities at Democratic National Organizing Day events across the country, building on the success of ongoing critical Get-Out-the-Vote operations for Election Day.
In New Jersey, mudslinging by the Kean, Jr. campaign has sidetracked a real discussion of the issues in the competitive Senate race. As a result, NJ Democrats are utilizing the 50–State Turnout event to help re-focus the discussion onto issues...
The following resolution was passed by the Democratic National Committee at its meeting on August 19, 2006. Submitted by: Linda Chavez-Thompson, DNC Vice Chair/Texas Alice Germond, DNC Secretary/West Virginia Lottie Shackelford, DNC Vice Chair/Arkansas Steven K. Alari, California Barbara Easterling,...
Reports are rolling in as these events continue with stories of inspiration and success. In New Jersey, Governor Corzine joined Congressional candidate Linda Stender and DNC Finance Chair Phil Murphy to kick-off events with a rally and volunteer canvass.
This afternoon, Vice President Dick Cheney headlines a special interest fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City to benefit the struggling reelection campaign of New Jersey Republican Congressman Scott Garrett. The decision to head to New York to raise money for Congressman Garrett follows the cancellation of a similar fundraiser with Vice President Cheney in New Jersey earlier this month.
According to the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, two June 12 fundraisers for embattled Republican Congressional candidates featuring Vice President Cheney have been cancelled. [Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 6/8/06] While Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Don Sherwood's office claims that the Vice President cancelled a fundraiser for Sherwood, as well as another that same night for New Jersey Republican Congressman Scott Garrett, the mysterious cancellations come as Republicans across the country are ducking the President and Vice President this election year.
Republicans know it was the wrong move and newspapers across the country call it "divisive" and "distracting".
On Tuesday, Democrats in eight states voted in Democratic primaries. We now have Democratic nominees in Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota. We haven't talked much about these races because it is DNC policy to stay strictly neutral in the primaries. But now we can, and we look forward to covering the races on Democrats.org.
Up in New Jersey, environmentally-minded constituents of the seventh district in central NJ have reason to cheer - Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Stender is running against current Representative Mike Ferguson (R). Rep. Ferguson's ratings from the Sierra Club, a leading environmental...
The DNC's Podcast hosted Mayor Doug Palmer of Trenton, New Jersey, President of the National Council of Democratic Mayors, who participated in the DNC's annual Mayors' Conference this week. The conference is part of Chairman Dean's ongoing efforts to reach...
The New York Times profiles Connecticut's 5th Congressional district and the damage to Northeastern Republicans by Bush's failures in office. In the battle for control of the House of Representatives, Democrats are concentrating their efforts on defeating a particularly resilient...
Democrats all over the country went out into their neighborhoods and communities and talked about the bold Democratic agenda for change. All across the country, in all 50 states and territories, Democrats showed up and talked about our core values and beliefs. Here are some of their stories.
Juan Melli over at BlueJersey notes that a Democrat has filed to run in every Congressional district in New Jersey. Good news for obvious reasons. Fighting there is the only way we'll ever win there.
"Over the past two weeks, the American people have learned that the British company that handles cargo at six major U.S. ports was being taken over by Dubai Ports World - a company owned by the government of the United...
Demanding more money for no reason? After failing in a three-year effort to hand over Amtrak's Washington-to-Boston tracks, and their costs, to a new federal-state consortium, the Bush administration is seeking tens of millions of dollars in extra fees from...
Rasmussen Reports. February 14, 2006. 500 Likely Voters. MoE +/- 4.5% Robert Menendez (D): 39% (35) Tom Kean Jr. (R): 36% (42) This is tremendous news for Senator Menendez who trailed by seven percent, well outside the margin of error,...
This week, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey delivered the Democratic Radio Address. To listen to the audio, click here. "Good Morning. I'm United States Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey. "Like most Democrats, I came to Washington to...
Garden State Equality, New Jersey’s LGBT civil rights organization, launched a historic ad campaign to support the New Jersey Bill A3678/S2437, currently before the New Jersey legislature. The bill would expand the state's law against discrimination to include the transgender community.
It's the president's fault. So said New Jersey Republican candidate for Governor, Doug Forrester, in a candid interview with reporters yesterday.
Statement of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean on the resounding Democratic victories in elections in New Jersey, Virginia, and across the country.
Tuesday was a very great day for America and a great day for Democrats. Tim Kaine's win in Virginia and Jon Corzine's in New Jersey show that if you have good candidates and a strong agenda -- and are willing to ask for the vote in Republican-leaning areas, not just Democratic areas -- you can win.
Associated Press: "Democrats swept both governors' races Tuesday, with Sen. Jon Corzine easily winning New Jersey and Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine taking Virginia despite a last-minute campaign push for his opponent from President Bush."
"Mood internally is good. There's predictably low turnout all across the state, lower in Republican precincts. We should see a spike between 5-7pm, GOP is spinning like crazy saying they are going to get the 'returning commuter vote'. I'm told that it is just spin. We'll see."
If you're in New Jersey and are wondering where you can vote, the Corzine campaign has set up a great tool so that you can easily find your polling place.
Looking to volunteer in Virginia or New Jersey? The Democratic Governors Association is collecting names of volunteers and sending them to campaign offices where they're needed. If you can make it out for the final weekend before Election Day, fill out the short DGA form and a campaign staffer will get back to you shortly.
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brings the Bush Administration’s Iraq war spin machine to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs today, one day after the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations released its annual survey of public attitudes on foreign policy.
In an effort to mobilize student participation in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, leaders of several campus organizations met last night to plan campus-wide fundraising projects.
The New Jersey Democratic Party recently reached out to their activists asking them to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Democratic Governors across the nation have stepped up to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Learn how New Jersey Governor Richard Codey has responded below.
From the Star Ledger: Saying protecting New Jersey residents from terrorism in an "unsafe and insecure world" should be the next governor's top priority, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine yesterday vowed to appoint a Cabinet level director of homeland security who would report directly to him...
Turns out that the Republican candidate for Governor isn't quite the example of excellence he makes himself out to be. His company, BeneCard Services Inc., subcontacts to another who has allegedly kept $100 million in rebates due to New York state.
Congressman Bob Menendez of New Jersey delivered the Democratic Radio Address this week.
John Aravosis points to NBC's First Read, which points out that the muddying of the waters between Iraq and September 11th is pure political strategy. Now raise your hand if you still think Karl Rove’s 9/11 remarks last week were...
From Newsday:[Democratic nominee for Mayor of Camden, New Jersey Jun Choi has] emerged as a role model for young Asians wanting to get into politics and fields invitations to speak at venues throughout the region, including his alma mater, Columbia...
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