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Phil Murphy
January 19, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
How New Jersey College Democrats Were Threatened Over a Primary Endorsement
New Jersey College Democrats wanted to endorse Andy Kim. Then they began receiving a series of intimidating calls.
June 22, 2022
Daniel Strauss
,
Grace Segers
“We Should Be Graphic”: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on How Democrats Should Respond to the End of
Roe
“I don’t think we should be coy. I don’t think we should be abstract,” said the vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
November 8, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump Will Be Back on the Ballot Next Year, in All but Name
In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin kept his distance from the former president and won. It won’t be so easy for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
October 25, 2021
Dean Obeidallah
Hey, There’s Another Governor’s Election in 2021, and It’s a Bellwether Race, Too
The New Jersey race is almost completely ignored, but if Phil Murphy holds his lead and wins, he’ll be the first Democratic governor to be reelected in decades.
August 27, 2021
Jordan Levy
Why ICE Is Leaving New Jersey County Jails
Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill banning new contracts with ICE, but advocates want detained immigrants released, not just moved out of state.
December 22, 2020
Alex Pareene
The Return of Corporate Tax Incentives Is a Bad Omen for Blue States
New Jersey’s old corporate tax giveaway program was a hotbed of corruption that did little to spur the local economy. As local austerity looms, why is it even bigger now?
June 26, 2019
Alex Pareene
Cory Booker Chooses the Wrong Side in a New Jersey Street Fight
As the state's governor goes to war with the Democratic machine, the senator-turned-presidential-hopeful embraces its biggest boss.
February 1, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Democrats’ Massive, Foolish Omission
The party might not want to talk about climate change, but voters do.
December 18, 2017
Graham Vyse
The Year Democrats Won by “Going High”
In 2017, the party heeded Michelle Obama's motto, "When they go low, we go high"—and it paid off with critical victories early in the Trump era.
July 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Try Running for Governor in the Shadow of Chris Christie
and
Donald Trump
Why Kim Guadagno has basically no shot of winning New Jersey’s gubernatorial election.
May 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
A Former Goldman Sachs Executive Is Running Away With This Year’s Most Important Race for Democrats
And given the party's sorry state, there's nothing wrong with that.
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