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Ciattarelli gets surprise visit on campaign trail from Army-stationed son

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, who hopes to end eight years of Democratic control, he received a special November surprise Monday from his son.

November 3, 2025

Cuomo campaign insists he didn’t get a Trump endorsement

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign in the New York City mayoral race tried to swat down front-runner Zohran Mamdani's criticism that President Trump had endorsed Mr. Cuomo.

November 3, 2025

Obama held private phone call with Mamdani while campaigning for Sherrill, Spanberger

Former President Barack Obama held a 30-minute call with self-declared socialist Zohran Mamdani, praising his "impressive" campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" should he win the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday.

November 3, 2025

Obama rallies Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey ahead of gubernatorial elections

Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Saturday, lending his political clout to Democratic candidates in Virginia and New Jersey as part of a final push to energize voters ahead of Tuesday's off-year elections.

November 2, 2025

Obama to N.J.: Vote for Democrat Mikie Sherill for governor to fight ‘dangers to democracy’

Former President Barack Obama brought his political star power to a Saturday rally for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Mikie Sherrill, calling on New Jersey voters to deliver a blow to the nationwide conservative movement.

November 2, 2025

Researchers defend GOP Medicaid reforms after left-wing attack ads

Researchers called out a dark-money activist group for pushing false information about Medicaid reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to smear several Republican lawmakers.

October 31, 2025

Ciattarelli makes closing argument to voters in Hannity interview

New Jersey's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, offered an aggressive plan for how he would begin to take back New Jersey on day 1, reforming the state that he said has been plagued by corruption and mismanagement under Democratic rule.

October 31, 2025

CNN’s Tapper says left-wing indoctrination efforts turning students more conservative

CNN host Jake Tapper said a backlash to leftist indoctrination in schools is driving skeptical Gen-Z students to become more conservative.

October 30, 2025

Mamdani’s NYC mayoral run may affect gubernatorial races in N.J.

The ascendance of self-declared socialist Zohran Mamdani of New York City as this year's highest-profile Democratic candidate is threatening to drag down the Democrat running for governor in neighboring New Jersey, who has sought to cast herself as more moderate.

October 30, 2025

Ciattarelli snatches another Democratic endorsement in final stretch of dead-heat New Jersey race

New Jersey's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, has garnered a new endorsement from a Democratic member of the Branchville town council, extending his run of capturing across-the-aisle support from local leaders.

October 30, 2025

Polls offer ray of hope to Cuomo, showing gains on Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

A pair of newly released polls showed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo cutting his double-digit deficit nearly in half against Zohran Mamdani in New York City's closely watched mayoral race.

October 29, 2025

Earle-Sears excoriates Democrats’ ‘nonsense’ over transgender policies

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears ripped her Democratic opponent in the race for governor for pushing "nonsense" on issues like transgender accommodations in schools.

October 29, 2025

Another death near Charlotte light rail reignites the crime debate in North Carolina

A suspected homicide near a Charlotte light-rail station rekindled crime fears that have plagued officials since the August gruesome caught-on-video murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.

October 28, 2025

Jack Ciattarelli approved to sue Mikie Sherrill for saying his ‘opioid propaganda’ killed people

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli was approved on Monday to launch a defamation lawsuit against his Democratic opponent, Mikie Sherrill.

October 28, 2025

Mamdani admits aunt in his debunked Islamophobia story was actually a deceased cousin

New York City's front-runner for mayor, Democrat nominee Zohran Mamdani, said Monday that the woman he cited last week in a tearful campaign speech about Islamophobia was not his aunt, as he had claimed, but a deceased, distant cousin.

October 28, 2025

Mamdani deploys transgender rabbi in TV ad to help close the deal with New York voters

New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's new campaign ad features four women rabbis -- including one who is transgender -- singing his praises in a final bid to shore up support for the socialist Muslim candidate who's been accused of antisemitism.

October 27, 2025

Mamdani scrutinized for saying his aunt was a victim of anti-Muslim bigotry

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was called out for playing the victim card during a recent Bronx speech about Islamophobia.

October 27, 2025

GOP’s Jack Ciattarelli endorsed by Democratic mayors, left-leaning groups in N.J. governor’s race

New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli has received unexpected endorsements from elected Democratic officials in the state.

October 27, 2025

Democrats hope to woo Alaskan voters with progressive pastor who opposed transgender bathroom ban

A Presbyterian pastor from Anchorage has entered the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat in hopes of unseating freshman Republican Rep. Nick Begich.

October 27, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries finally endorses Zohran Mamdani in New York mayor’s race

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has endorsed democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City's mayoral race after facing weeks of questions about whether he would back the far-left candidate.

October 24, 2025