Election 2022

State launches investigation into Monmouth County voting irregularities

BY: - January 24, 2023

A voting tabulation error in six Monmouth County voting districts appears to have changed the results of an Ocean Township school board.

Transgender councilwoman takes office in Trenton

BY: - January 6, 2023

The state's LGBT rights group says Jennifer Williams is the first transgender person elected to a municipal council in New Jersey.

COMMENTARY

Gen Z and Millennial voters can move New Jersey politics in a more progressive direction

BY: - December 22, 2022

Polling shows Gen Z and Millennial voters will be integral to Democratic Party victories in New Jersey and nationwide.

COMMENTARY

What does it take to get New Jersey voters to vote?

BY: - December 10, 2022

Just 41% of registered voters cast ballots in this year's November elections, one of the lowest midterm turnouts in a century.

Raphael Warnock wins U.S. Senate runoff, giving Democrats a 51-seat majority

BY: - December 7, 2022

Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will return to Washington to represent Georgia for the next six years after winning his Senate runoff Tuesday, handing Senate Democrats a coveted 51st seat. The Associated Press called the race at 10:26 p.m. Tuesday. By early Wednesday morning, Warnock had 51.3% of the vote, edging out Republican Herschel Walker […]

COMMENTARY

Gritty, Elmo and Mayor McCheese for Congress — why do people throw their votes away on write-ins?

BY: - November 25, 2022

When choosing between two or more candidates for public office, some voters opt for none and write in a personal choice. Why?

Democrats projected to retain U.S. Senate control after winning Nevada seat

BY: - November 12, 2022

Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada will win reelection, the Associated Press said late Saturday.

Congress heads back to D.C. for a hectic lame-duck session

BY: - November 12, 2022

On the agenda are same-sex marriage legislation, a huge defense bill, changes in how presidential electoral votes are counted and more

Mercer County counts continue after scanner snafu

BY: - November 11, 2022

By Friday afternoon, election officials had tallied ballots cast on Election Day, but thousands of mail and provisional ballots remained.

GOP on track to control U.S. House, but dozens of races still undecided

BY: - November 11, 2022

Major elections forecasters consider Republicans favored to clear 2018 House wins because many of the races yet to be called favor the GOP

Record-setting number of women elected as governors in midterms

BY: - November 10, 2022

Voters in 12 states elected women as governor, breaking the prior record of nine set for the first time back in 2004

GOP losses prompt soul-searching among N.J. Republicans

BY: and - November 10, 2022

Republicans had predicted a red wave in Tuesday's midterm elections. But while there were victories, it wasn't the rout they imagined.