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The Dec. 2 runoff was triggered because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

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The Dec. 2 runoff was triggered because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

Department of Justice attorneys requested a stay, arguing that the federal government shutdown bars them from working on the civil case.
More Democrats came out than Republicans. Statewide, 68,665 Democrats cast early in-person votes, compared to 63,178 Republicans.
Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel called the state’s claims “simply not true.”
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is defending his push to sue acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba for defamation following his arrest for trespassing.
“The data show that without action, critical areas like multilingual learning and computer science may face widening gaps,” Walsh said.
The Trump administration continued on Tuesday to pin the blame for the shutdown on Democrats.
While living in Italy this summer, I made a trip to Genoa to see Christopher Columbus’s birthplace.
Mikie Sherrill went in for the kill Wednesday night by accusing Jack Ciattarelli of being a killer.
June's legislative primaries were the most expensive in state history, the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission announced Monday.
The sentencing comes more than two years after Menendez was first indicted for his role in the scheme.
Sen. Mike Testa (R-Cumberland), has sometimes lampooned the agency as “North Jersey Transit” over the dearth of services in South Jersey.
Tighter regulations for e-bikes could be coming to New Jersey after a series of fatal crashes across the state.
Uribe’s testimony also helped lead to convictions for co-defendants Wael Hana, a halal meat exporter, and real estate developer Fred Daibes.
Spencer Kimball, the poll’s executive director, in a statement, noted that poll results show state and federal executives are unpopular.
As a medical student planning to pursue psychiatry, I see how climate anxiety shapes the way young people think, cope, and dream.
Outside the walls of that room on Rutgers’ campus, the race to succeed Gov. Phil Murphy was deteriorating into acrimony.
Is a party switch by a Bergen County Democrat a sign of doom for Dems in this year’s race for governor?
Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds an 8-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, according to a new poll of New Jersey's gubernatorial race.
Way, who is lieutenant governor and secretary of state, is acting governor while Gov. Phil Murphy is abroad on a trade mission to India.