Progressive Democrat Dr. Adam Hamawy won the Democratic primary in New Jersey‘s 12th Congressional District, effectively guaranteeing him a seat in Congress. The Associated Press called the race for Hamawy as the progressive led with 27.4% of the vote and 69% of ballots counted. His victory marks another major win for the ascendant progressive wing […]

Former Biden-era Interior Secretary Deb Haaland won the Democratic nomination for governor of New Mexico on Tuesday. Haaland secured the Democratic nomination over Sam Bregman, the district attorney of Bernalillo County. The Associated Press called the race with 17% of the vote counted, showing Haaland with 78.3% to Bregman’s 21.7%. Incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham […]

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into former New York Republican Rep. George Santos for allegedly engaging in insider trading on the prediction market Kalshi, according to reporting by NPR.  The investigation involves bets allegedly placed by Santos regarding his attendance at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address when Kalshi users […]

Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) won renomination as the Republican nominee for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District after Tuesday night’s primaries despite an unspecified medical issue that kept him out of the public eye for months.  Kean, 57, was unopposed in the GOP primary and is set to face off against the Democratic nominee, former […]