Bob Hennelly

Democrats currently hold eight of New Jersey's 13 seats in the House of Representatives. With just days to go before the midterm elections, the five incumbent Republicans all appear to be in pretty good shape. However, to varying degrees, three of the Democratic incumbents have fights on their hands. And unlike in earlier years, every House race is being contested by challengers from both parties putting their hearts and souls into their sometimes long-shot bids.

Former President Bill Clinton brought a crowd of 1,200 Democratic party activists in Brooklyn to their feet with a wide-ranging speech boosting gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Cuomo and blasting Republicans.

With less than a week to go before the midterm election, several House races in New York are factoring into national Democratic and Republican calculations.

Down to his last $300,000, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan's campaign for Attorney General said it got a major life line Monday in the form of a $1 million fundraiser i...

From the outset of Stucknation, I have tried to identify the ways in which our economy is stuck and ways we can get it "unstuck." I know it has to do with losing the personae of powerless "victims" of a macro economy increasingly stacked against us. It seems simple enough: consume less, save and produce more. But how do we do that in an increasingly global, integrated economy?

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been on the public stage almost his entire life. His trajectory from behind the scenes political enforcer to federal cabinet officer to New York's to...

A new report by the New York State Inspector General accuses Governor David Paterson and Democratic legislative leaders of rigging the process for picking a company to run video slot machines at Aquaduct race track.

Cuomo signs helped an army of trade union supporters find their way to the gates of Hoffstra, and they were some of the only signs to be found.

A capacity crowd packed the David S. Mack Athletic Center at Hofstra University for a surreal 90-minute debate. The field of five minor party gubernatorial candidates stole the show from the two major party candidates, Republican Carl Paladino and the Democrat Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

The next governor will have to balance social contracts with bond covenants. How do you shrink government to bring tax relief to homeowners and businesses without laying off so many p...

For decades, Jewish voters were reliable members of the Democratic New Deal Coalition that coalesced around President Franklin Roosevelt and continues to define the political landscape. But a new survey suggests that American Jews, despite their longstanding allegiance to Democrats, are not immune to disappointment in President Obama. And Republicans are hoping to capitalize on the trend in the upcoming midterm elections.

 

WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly talks about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's decision to suspend construction on the ARC tunnel; Carl Paladino's controversial remarks about homosexuals; and how local politics are having a big impact around the country.

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If you’re going to build anything in the Meadowlands you got to add in the swamp factor. Since the grand plans by the Colonial Dutch to dam the swamp for farming, the Meadowlands ha...

For six-term Democratic incumbent Rush Holt, this year's reelection bid is a tough one against Republican Scott Sipprelle.

In exchange for almost $1 million in campaign cash and other gifts, former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi admitted Thursday that he handed access to $250 million in state retiree funds to a California-based private equity firm.

In exchange for almost $1 million in campaign cash and other gifts, former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi admitted Thursday that he handed access to $250 million in state retiree funds to a California-based private equity firm.