Gun safety and ownership will undoubtedly be a major topic as the November midterm elections approach. With congressional campaigning well underway, according to most analysts the landscape appears to be shifting. Republicans are still favored to take control of the House, but Democrats are seeing more momentum behind their candidates. Renewing hope that didn’t seem possible just weeks ago, Bergen Record columnist Charlie Stile this week wrote about the issues that are now driving New Jersey voters to the polls. NJ Spotlight News recently asked him about the late summer bump that could help Democrats at the polls.
Could a late summer bump put Dems ahead this midterm election?
Charlie Stile, Bergen Record columnist on midterm outlook for Democrats
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An Emmy award-winning journalist, Briana Vannozzi serves as the anchor for NJ Spotlight News, the newsroom of NJ PBS. She's worked in several capacities since joining the news division in 2012, as interim anchor and senior correspondent after years of general assignment reporting as a multimedia journalist. Vannozzi began her television journalism career by cutting her teeth on New Jersey State House politics for New Jersey Network News, and later as a news radio correspondent at FM News 101.9 covering crime and politics in New York City. Her work has taken her to national presidential nominating conventions, Capitol Hill, up and down the East Coast and every corner of the Garden State. She's interviewed every New Jersey governor dating back to Jon Corzine and moderated numerous political debates and forums. Her work has also earned awards from the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists and the Philadelphia Press Association. A Burlington County native, she's honored to be serving and covering her home state and raising her family there.