
Brent Johnson
Politics Reporter at NJ.com
Online Politics Producer and Reporter at The Star-Ledger
@njdotcom politics reporter. Author of What Makes Jersey Run newsletter. Singer in The Clydes. https://t.co/RGBFAC5rmt #LGM
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Brent Johnson
New Jersey is boosting police presence across the state after two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers were shot — one killed — on Saturday in what authorities said were politically motivated attacks, the Garden State’s top law enforcement official announced. “As a precaution, we will be increasing patrols throughout New Jersey,” state Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on social media.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brent Johnson
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brent Johnson
Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli (left) and Democratic nominee Mikie Sherril (right) are running to become New Jersey's next governor in the Nov. 4 general election.Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brent Johnson
U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a North Jersey congresswoman backed by some of the state’s top Democrats, won a wild and very crowded Democratic primary Tuesday for the party’s nomination to become New Jersey’s next governor. The Associated Press called the six-candidate primary for Sherrill at 8:40 p.m., 40 minutes after polls closed — and must sooner than expected for a race many said was unpredictable.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Brent Johnson
Jack Ciattarelli, the former lawmaker who nearly unseated Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago and this time scored the endorsement of President Donald Trump, easily won Tuesday’s bitter primary election for the Republican nomination to become New Jersey’s next governor.
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