Margaret "Peggy" Capone, the Democrat nominated to run for county executive against longtime incumbent Republican Dennis Levinson this year, died early Tuesday, Atlantic County Democratic Chair Michael Suleiman said.
The 2nd Legislative District race for state Senate and Assembly just got more interesting, with Democratic Atlantic County Commissioner Caren Fitzpatrick moving up at the last minute to run for Senate against incumbent Sen. Vince Polistina, R-Atlantic.
The 2nd Legislative District has hosted the top-spending race three times since 2001 and ranked in the top five six times, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. This year, however, spending has been light so far.
Would-be conservative defenders of the Ratzingerian legacy ignore the obvious points of continuity between Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, writes Michael Sean Winters.