Sussex County NJ

Hambel on LD24 primaries: ‘The party is going to need healing’

SPARTA -- Days after announcing she's relinquish her leadership position as a result of a contentious county freeholder and Assembly race that have threatened to fracture the party, Sussex County GOP Chairwoman Ailish Hambel reiterated her decision today, telling PolitickerNJ that the tense nature of the contest is "absolutely" one of the reasons she's decided to step down.

By Chase Brush

LD24 rundown: Solar settlement, common core rift Assembly candidates

SPARTA -- It's the primaries that more often than not serve as the real contests in bucolic -- and heavily conservative -- 24th legislative district, where a sprawling GOP come election time finds expression in a jockeying of candidates each with their own versions of the party's ideological core. Republicans outnumber Democrats by nearly half, which means there's usually no real competition come November 4.

By Chase Brush

Cho bows out of 2016 CD 5 race

HACKENSACK - Democrat Roy Cho, the Korean-born attorney who ran an insurgent campaign in 2014 to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-5) in New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District, announced his decision on Sunday not to run again for the congressional seat in 2016.

By Mark Bonamo

Bayonne police officer charged with use of excessive force

By Mark Bonamo

N.J. bear hunt shotguns emotions into hunters, protesters alike

By Mark Bonamo

CD 5 race: Does Cho have the momentum to win against Garrett?

By Mark Bonamo

CD 5 race: Prieto, Sires: Hudson Dems ready to put “bodies on the ground” for Cho

By Mark Bonamo

CD 5 race: Hackensack vs. Hackettstown – across the district, views compare, contrast

By Mark Bonamo

CD 5 race: Cho, Garrett clash on issues at sole face-to-face debate

By Mark Bonamo

CD 5 race: In Garrett country, Sussex voters offer mixed opinions

By Mark Bonamo

Bergen Freeholder candidate issues profile: Robert Avery

By Mark Bonamo

CD 5 race: Bradley comes out for Cho at Ridgewood rally

By Mark Bonamo

CD 5 race: Dem Cho puts third TV ad on the air in race against GOP’s Garrett

By Mark Bonamo

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