Years of partisan gerrymandering have left dozens of uncompetitive NJ elections for state Assembly | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

TRENTON — All 80 state Assembly seats in 40 districts are on Tuesday’s ballot, but just a handful have attracted much attention or money. This, experts say, is by design. After each census, a New Jersey state legislative redistricting commission is formed with five Democrats and five Republicans. If the 10 members are unable to come…

130 seats have no candidates: N.J. school board elections by the numbers

TRENTON –The majority of New Jersey school districts will hold school board elections on Tuesday, but more than half of the open seats have one or no candidates on the ballot. Here is a look at New Jersey’s school board elections by the numbers, according to data from the New Jersey School Boards Association. 1,861 candidates…