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Overlooked Elections from Tuesday Provide Some Surprises

All eyes on Tuesday were on marquee races of the 2019 general elections in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi. In Virginia, another blue wave devastated the GOP. In Kentucky, the incumbent Republican…

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Four States Are Voting Tomorrow — Here’s What to Watch For

Four states have elections this Tuesday. Some of them could be early bellwethers for the 2020 elections. Here’s what you need to know about these elections and why you should…

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Whose Children? Challenges to Parental Rights Multiply

Earlier this month, New Jersey became the latest state to institute a policy threatening parental rights — adding to a growing nationwide hostility to the already fragile institution of the…

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New Jersey Tells Its Residents to Pay Up or Get Lost

This week, New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy and State Senate President Steve Sweeney cemented themselves as the ‘Shaq and Kobe’ of bad economic policy when they ushered in massive new…

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Why Is This State Banning Moms from Selling Home-Baked Goods?

This article is part of a series focusing on Lens of Liberty, a project of the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation. In her Liberty Minute entitled “Moving the State,” Helen Krieble…

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How Will Republicans Fare in 2018? Keep an Eye on This New Jersey Race…

Despite the excellent budget put forward by President Trump last year, federal spending continues to flow in a business-as-usual manner — much to the frustration of taxpayers. The Republican Congress…

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Christie Caves to LGBT Lobby, Forces N.J. Schools to Accept Gender Ideology

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pleased LGBT political activists on Friday by signing legislation granting transgender students special privileges, such as using whichever restroom they desire, playing on whichever sports…

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N.J. Republicans Face Long Odds in Race to Replace Christie

Every four years after the president is elected, there are two major contests that highlight an otherwise barely noticed election cycle: governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey. Democrats currently…

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Top Five States to Watch Tonight

With just a few hours now separating us from the first election results, here are the five states I’m watching most closely tonight: 1.) North Carolina Obviously, North Carolina is…

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Republicans Never Dreamed of Winning These States — Until Trump Came Along

Much attention is being paid this election to the relatively small polling leads Donald Trump holds in many traditional Republican strongholds — states such as Texas, Utah, South Carolina, and…

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Flipping the Narrative: Can Trump Expand His Electoral Map?

Last week, The Pulse’s own Jon Schweppe gave a detailed rundown of possible electoral strategies Donald Trump can take if he hopes to beat Hillary Clinton. As Schweppe pointed out,…

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Christie Backs Historic School Funding Reform, Tax Cut

Yesterday in Somerset County, New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie proposed an amendment to his state’s constitution that, if enacted in a referendum next year, will apportion state aid to local…

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Breaking News: NJ Assembly Votes to Delay Common Core

Here’s an astonishing sign of the grassroots rebellion sweeping the country as more parents and educators experience the Common Core tests and curriculum being implemented. The New Jersey Assembly, controlled…

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