Bob Hennelly

This Tuesday, most of New Jersey's members of Congress face a primary challenge from within their own party. Close to 50 candidates are vying for the Garden State's 13 House seats.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, editor of City Hall, a monthly publication focused on New York politics and policy, discusses how the Working Families Party is courting Andrew Cuomo and trying to get on the ballot for this fall's New York State elections.  Then, Bob Hennelly, WNYC  Reporter, talks about the Cuomo campaign and previews tomorrow's congressional primaries in New Jersey.

New Jersey voters head to the polls on Tuesday to determine who gets to run for 13 of the state's House seats in November.

Two American citizens were arrested yesterday at New York's JFK airport. The young men from New Jersey, both in their 20s, had been under surveillance since 2006. Law enforcement laid low, gathered evidence and waited until this weekend when the two men were trying to board separate flights to Egypt, and then to Somalia where they were allegedly planning to join al-Shabab, a terrorist group allied with al-Qaida.

This Tuesday, most of New Jersey's members of Congress face a primary challenge from within their own party. Close to 50 candidates are vying for the Garden State's 13 House seats.

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Authorities arrested two New Jersey men at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday before they boarded flights to Egypt en route to Somalia. Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, were charged with conspiring to commit an act of international terrorism for ...

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New Jersey voters on Tuesday decide which Republicans and Democrats get to vie for the state's 13 House seats in November. WNYC's Bob Hennelly asked some Garden State voters how they're feeling about Congress, and the political moment.

REPORTER: On a recent week day rush hour ...

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has told the state's Working Families Party he will not seek the pro-labor group's endorsement for governor, instead embracing the more conservative Independence Party.

Delegates at the New York State Republican Convention rebuffed Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy in his bid to get on the September Republican primary ballot to challenge former Congressman Rick Lazio.

Delegates at the New York State Republican Convention rebuffed Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy in his bid to get on the September Republican primary ballot to challenge former Congressman Rick Lazio.

WNYC's Azi Paybarah and Bob Hennelly report live from Day Two of the GOP convention in New York City.

New York Republicans kicked off their convention in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday. WNYC's Bob Hennelly and Azi Paybarah report live from the convention as the GOP picks its slate of ca...

WNYC reporter and director of the Transportation Nation blog Andrea Bernstein and fellow WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly discuss the latest in New York state politics.

New York Republicans kick off their convention in Midtown Manhattan to pick a slate of candidates for the fall elections on Tuesday.

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New York Republicans are kicking off their convention in Midtown Manhattan to pick a slate of candidates for the fall elections on Tuesday.

Despite Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's large lead in the polls, competition for a shot at challenging him in the race for governor is ...

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In accepting the Democratic nomination for governor, Andrew Cuomo went out of his way to sound like a fiscal conservative. But on social issues like immigration, he seems eager to embrace more liberal positions.

On budget issues, the self-styled 'new Democrat' is riffing Reaganesque, pledging to ...

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The camps of all five Democratic candidates for attorney general were poised for hand-to-hand political combat here at the sprawling Westchester Hilton Convention Center. But what played out was a kind of Montessori Workshop where all comers were granted a certificate of participation and a spot on the September primary ballo

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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's pick of Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy as his running mate in the governor's race has raised some eyebrows among New York's Democrats.

Duffy is a career cop who worked his way up to the chief of the police department. Cuomo credits Duffy ...

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It was just 24 hours after the debut of the "New Democratic Party" signs up here at the site of the party's convention in Westchester. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was in midtown making public the results of his first critical deliberation as a candidate for governor.

In choosing Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy as his running mate, Cuomo got a career cop who evidently turned around the city of Rochester by restoring public integrity, improving municipal services and cutting taxes. But that's not all.

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All five of the "New" Democratic Party contenders to replace Andrew Cuomo as attorney general will get their name on the September primary ballot, according to State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs.