U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, center, and Upper Township Mayor Palombo, right, tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
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Amy Kennedy, center, greets supporter William Hughes Jr., left, at her victory party Tuesday night. Hughes is the son of the late former U.S. Rep. Bill Hughes, a Democrat who served in the House from 1975 to 1995.
As they ramp up their 2nd District congressional campaigns in the midst of a pandemic and a national uprising over race, incumbent U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, and Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy are ready for just about anything.
Amy Kennedy, of Brigantine, was one of dozens of Democratic candidates nationally endorsed Monday by former President Barack Obama, her campaign announced.
Saying he wants to highlight the perils of all vote-by-mail elections as he checks on the accuracy of the July 7 primary count, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Hirsh Singh has asked for a hand recount of all Republican ballots in Cape May and Atlantic counties.
The hotly contested Democratic primary in the 2nd Congressional District — unofficially won by Brigantine’s Amy Kennedy — coupled with the ease of voting by mail, seemed to have dramatically driven up voter turnout in the July 7 primary election in South Jersey.
South Jersey hospitals shut out from the first round of government COVID-19 funding received millions Monday from the federal CARES Act after U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew made their case to federal officials.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, center, and Upper Township Mayor Palombo, right, tour areas of Marmora hit hard by the damage done from Tropical Storm Isaias.
Amy Kennedy, center, greets supporter William Hughes Jr., left, at her victory party Tuesday night. Hughes is the son of the late former U.S. Rep. Bill Hughes, a Democrat who served in the House from 1975 to 1995.
