Rotary Club of Wilmington hosts mayoral candidate meeting Former City Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter and Governor John Carney deliver closing arguments at the Rotary Club of Wilmington’s “Meet the Mayor” candidate forum. The battle for Wilmington’s mayoralty has intensified after Mayor Mike Purzycki announced he will not run for a third term. The upcoming Wilmington primary […]
DNC recap: Celebrities, protests and the torch passing This year’s DNC convention was marked by protests, celebrity attendees and conversations about the next generation of leadership. Nielsen estimates that 26.2 million viewers tuned in on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. The four-day event in Chicago attracted at least 20 million viewers daily, […]
Flint — Delegates to the Michigan Republican Party on Saturday declined to re-nominate two incumbent members of the university’s board of trustees to their posts. Among them was Ron Weiser, a former chairman of the state Republican Party and a longtime donor to the party. At an at times noisy convention that lasted about 12 […]
Headlines on PNJ.com: This is the news from Friday, August 23 Election results cause political earthquake in Escambia Commission Board, and Blake Doyle Skate Park is good for skaters and business Escambia County experienced a political earthquake in the Republican primary Tuesday night when Steven Stroberger defeated Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh in the race […]
Kamala Harris officially accepts the Democratic nomination for president Vice President Kamala Harris concluded the Democratic Party Convention by accepting her party’s nomination for president. Vice President Kamala Harris closed the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night with her acceptance speech, which, as Jake Tapper put it on CNN, “was a speech she had not […]
Young voters answer: What is the future of the Democratic Party? Young Democrats in Chicago talked about their visions for the future of the party and whether Kamala Harris’ campaign resonates with young voters. With 75 days to go until the presidential election, bettors are almost evenly split in their predictions, a stark break from […]
3 minutes reading time Joe Malinconico | Paterson Press Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. dies at age 87: Video Rep. Bill Pascrell, former mayor of Paterson who represented the city in Congress for nearly three decades, died on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. He was 87 years old. State Senator Nellie Pou has emerged as the latest […]
Time-lapse video: United Center during the DNC convention in Chicago Watch a time-lapse video showing the United Center filling and emptying during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Democratic National Convention entered its final night on Monday, beginning with President Joe Biden officially passing the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris as the […]
US Senator Mark Kelly said former President Donald Trump is an international joke at a time when global crises require respected and reliable leadership. During his five-minute speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, Kelly once again assumed his now familiar role as a sobering voice about the need for serious national security concerns. He […]
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona was one of the speakers at the Democratic Party Convention on Thursday, the final night of a tumultuous four-day event at which Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for president. Before his remarks, Kelly appeared on stage with his wife, former Democratic U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, and […]
