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New Jersey's low gas prices have always served as a welcome antidote for residents burdened by a seemingly endless series of toll and fee increases, not to mention the nation's highest property taxes. Now, cheap gas in New Jersey may be going the way of the fax machine, leaving the state's roughly six million drivers doing the math to try and figure out how much pain they'll be in for.
After Tuesday night, Bernie Sanders' infinitesimal chance of winning the Democratic nomination rests on one possibility: that Democratic superdelegates will overturn the will of the voters. This is no small irony: Sanders spent much of his campaign railing against superdelegates and fighting to eliminate the practice of giving party officials and establishment types a say in the nominating process.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will capture most of the spotlight ahead of the November general election, but in New Jersey, voters will also pick their 12-member congressional delegation and whether to gamble on approving casino expansion. Tuesday's primary set the slate for the Nov. 8 election when the state's nearly 5.5 million registered voters will decide whether to keep their U.S. House delegation.
Storm clouds are gathering around Donald Trump as he heads into the general-election campaign, with Democrats coming together and launching ever more withering attacks on the Republican presidential candidate, testing his patience, endurance and temper. Top Democrats are piling on the presumptive GOP nominee now that Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic nomination by winning four of six nominating contests this week, including the major states of California and New Jersey.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke at her Brooklyn headquarters June 7. She thanked supporters and said that rival Donald Trump is "trying to wall off Americans from each other." NEW YORK - Powered by a strong showing in California, Hillary Clinton declared victory in her yearlong battle for the heart of the Democratic party, seizing her place in history and setting out on the difficult task of fusing a fractured party to confront Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton is ready to savor this moment, sailing into the last big round of primaries as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Bernie Sanders isn't quite ready to go there, still hoping for a late, improbable course correction in the political passageways of 2016.
President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn after returning to the White House from New Jersey on May 15, 2016, in Washington. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as Obama prepares to endorse Hillary Clinton after she amasses the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination for president, according to people familiar with the matter.
Presidential, Congressional races highlight Tuesday's primary The action in Central Jersey's primary election will be in the GOP race for the 7th Congressional District Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1sY3mpS General Manager/Editor Paul Grzella previews the stories we're working on for the weekend's editions of the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com. U.S. Representative Leonard Lance worked at the QuickChek store location in West Amwell, NJ on Wednesday, June 1 as part of a National Association of Convenience Stores In Store event that enables elected officials to experience first-hand the community experience at their local convenience store.
Democrats in Washington have begun discussing how to encourage Sen. Bernie Sanders to end his campaign without alienating his legions of supporters, as party leaders grow eager to unite the party behind Hillary Clinton and provide a more robust defense for her candidacy. In private conversations on Capitol Hill, senior Democrats are weighing how to persuade Sanders to step aside without appearing as if they are trying to strong-arm him out of the race.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie once predicted that Donald Trump would clinch the GOP nomination in his home state. Now it looks like Democrat Hillary Clinton might be the one who pulls that off.
Clinton repeated her charge that Trump's behavior and statements during the campaign made him "unqualified and unfit" to be president. Clinton focuses on Trump during New Jersey rally Clinton repeated her charge that Trump's behavior and statements during the campaign made him "unqualified and unfit" to be president.
With Donald Trump unopposed on the Republican side, New Jersey Democrats will cast some of the season's last votes on a contested presidential nomination on June 7. As the Editorial Board detailed before the Pennsylvania primary, despite the enthusiasm generated by Bernie Sanders, HILLARY CLINTON is better prepared for the office. South Jersey Democrats will also decide three congressional nominations.
River Dell High School student Tommy Shoalis taking a closer look at a guide on how to register to vote on May 19, 2016. At 28, Zuniga had casually skipped two presidential elections and two more chances to cast a ballot for New Jersey's governor, not to mention a string of other candidates in local elections.
Bernie Sanders Libertarian Party eyes 2016 as breakthrough year Clinton urged to go liberal with vice presidential pick Sanders takes different position on superdelegates than he did in 2008 MORE 's suggestion that he might fight for the presidential nomination all the way to July's Democratic National Convention runs counter to the position he adopted in 2008.
In this Friday, May 6, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Eugene, Ore. Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in Oregon, adding another state to the presumptive GOP nominee's tally of victories.