Run Against the Machine:
Run Against the Machine highlights insurgent progressive candidates running against incumbent office-holders in New Jersey’s Democratic Primary Elections. The purpose of this series is to provide visibility to upstart candidates who are disadvantaged due to New...
Run Against the Machine:
Hector Oseguera for Congress – NJ’s 8th Congressional District
Run Against the Machine highlights insurgent progressive candidates running against incumbent office-holders in New Jersey’s Democratic Primary Elections. The purpose of this series is to provide visibility to upstart candidates who are disadvantaged due to New...
FTINJ 2019 – Looking Back, Fighting Forward
As we continue to build the capacity of our organization to serve and support volunteers and organizations across the Garden State, we wanted to take a moment to look back on 2019 (and forward to 2020) with respect to some of the major events for this organization, and for the New Jersey activist community as a whole.
Crashing the Party
A New Generation of Progressive Democrats Stake Their Claim to the County Committee
Finding allies and opportunities for the growth of a progressive contingent on the committee, the Hudson County Progressive Alliance joined forces with local congressional advocacy group NJ-08 for Progress in 2019 to recruit, train and support a fresh batch of progressive candidates to re-shape the party committee for the politics of the 21st Century – pro-active, inclusive and action-oriented.
RUN AGAINST THE MACHINE
Quesada and Mahmoud for General Assembly in New Jersey’s 32nd District.
There is no more difficult district in which to mount a primary challenge to the hand-picked cronies of a notorious New Jersey party boss. As such, there is no better place for Force the Issue NJ to focus on for the first installment of a new series we are calling Run Against the Machine.
Our first contestants …err… candidates are dedicated Hudson County activists Roger Quesada and Mahmoud Mahmoud. Joining forces under the banner of PTA – People. Transparency. Action – Quesada and Mahmoud are running an energetic and passionate insurgent progressive campaign to win the Democratic Primary on June 4th.