Spencer Kent

4 days ago | nj.com | Jeff Goldman |Spencer Kent

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s lottery drawing has climbed to an estimated $207 million, with a cash option of $92.7 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers after the drawing. No one across the country hit Wednesday’s $190 million jackpot. Two second-prize tickets matching five numbers but not the Powerball were sold in California with another purchased in Washington state.

1 week ago | nj.com | Spencer Kent

The flight suit fits just right. Her collar is popped. And a confident, faraway gaze graces Mikie Sherrill’s face as she struts across the tarmac, her helmet tucked in the crook of her right arm. Every step is choreographed. Every shot is meticulously positioned — as is the Navy Sea King helicopter behind her. It says: Fighter. Leader. Hero. The political ad for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate was broadcast on network TV affiliates in New York and posted on social media this spring.

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Spencer Kent |Brent Johnson

The helicopter blades whirred on an Atlantic City helipad as the gubernatorial candidate hopped into the cabin. It was about 8 p.m. on a chilly Friday in March, and Jack Ciattarelli was scrambling to make his date with destiny. The Republican frontrunner — well-groomed in a black suit and red-striped tie, looking like a member of the Rat Pack — had been at the annual GOP Leadership Summit at Caesars Hotel and Casino.

1 month ago | nj.com | Spencer Kent

The candidate rolled his eyes at the question. Ras Baraka — mayor of Newark, son of activist poet Amiri Baraka and one of only two people of color running for governor — clearly has gotten this before. Can you appeal to enough white, suburban voters to win the general election? But it’s the wrong question, Baraka retorts after his playful gesture. “You know what’s interesting? That’s not my problem. You put it on me. It’s really a Democrat problem,” he said, sitting in a restaurant in downtown Newark.

1 month ago | nj.com | Jeff Goldman |Spencer Kent

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s lottery drawing has increased to an estimated $168 million, with a cash option of $77.6 million. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. and televised on WABC-7 in New York City and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. NJ.com will publish the winning numbers after the drawing. No one across the country hit Wednesday $151 million jackpot. A second-prize ticket worth $1 million was sold at ShopRite on Oxford Avenue in Philadelphia. It matched five numbers but not the Powerball.