Although the New Jersey political world – and two of its members of Congress – were laser-focused this spring on the state’s gubernatorial primaries, the

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is not holding back after he accused President Donald Trump of trying to “steal” seats in the 2026 midterm elections.

The new polling from the firm of Tony Fabrizio, who served as Trump’s 2024 campaign pollster, found that Republicans trailed by three percentage points using a generic ballot, receiving 41% of the vote while Democrats scored 44%, in districts that split evenly among party lines in 2024.

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) is New Jersey’s most vulnerable Republican congressman in 2026 – and he’s fundraising like it. Kean raised $931,676 in the

The 2025 candidates have mentioned the president on the social media platform X more than any nominees in the last two gubernatorial campaigns combined.

A group backed by the Democratic Governors Association, Greater Garden State, says it is reserving the ad buys early to lock in lower prices and reserve prime ad inventory before airwaves get crowded closer to the November election.

One's an actor, another is a Stanford MBA, and a third has taught English as a second language. "They care about their town, county, and the future of the Democratic Party," a progressive leader said.

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) has been in Congress less than a year, but broke fundraising records for her re-election campaign, fueled by Democratic outrage over an incident at an immigrant detention facility in May.

Barack Obama calls for Democrats to show courage and stand up for what they believe in, while pointing out that Democrats' increasing propensity to elect far-left candidates is not a winning strategy.

Annual Insider Subscribers Only With less than two months to go until the gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia, the full Cook Political Report team — Amy Walter, David Wasserman, Jessica Taylor,

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A 1790 law explicitly allowed female suffrage, but this privilege was revoked in