In total, Republicans raised just short of $1.3 million combined in five contests, according to election reports. Full Article at PhillyBurbs.com
PATERSON — The city’s oldest black Baptist church is in default for $3.3 million after allegedly falling victim to fraud by a purported mortgage lender. Full Article at NorthJersey.com
Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie talks about the state's finances at a press conference in Trenton. Full Article at NJ.com
Rich Schultz/ For The Star-LedgerAn August 202 file photo of the entrance to Newton Memorial Hospital. Full Article at NJ.com
Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerTwo women negotiate massive sand drifts on the Seaside Heights boardwalk as it remains buried at Sheridan Avenue. Full Article at NJ.com
NEW YORK — Struggling credit card holders fell behind on their payments in October at the highest rate in five months, according to Fitch Ratings.... Full Article at Huffington Post
The Newark Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Commission (LGBT) wants Mayor Cory Booker to lobby Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) on marriage equality when he headlines a fundraiser for the Bergen County Democrat tonight in... Full Article at Politicker: New Jersey
Assembly campaign spending was down this year by 28% from four years ago – the last time there were contests for all 80 assembly seats and the governorship. Full Article at Politicker: New Jersey
The District of Columbia is poised to join five states that have legalized same-sex marriage. Washington city councilors voted Tuesday to allow gay marriage, but a second vote is scheduled in the coming weeks and Congress could intervene. Full Article at MinnPost.com
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) A move to require New Jersey's governor to fill any vacant U.S. Senate seat with a member of the same party as the departed senator was blasted by Gov.-elect Chris Christie, who called it "a political power play." Full Article at The Morris County Daily Record