Lewis Kaden, counsel to Gov. Brendan Byrne, dies at 78
Ex-aide to Robert F. Kennedy, Kaden ran for Congress in 1970
Ex-aide to Robert F. Kennedy, Kaden ran for Congress in 1970
Assemblyman John McKeon pays tribute to Brendan Byrne, the former Governor of New Jersey who passed away last week at age 93.
Special thanks to the Eagleton Institute
How disliked was Gov. Brendan Byrne before he became a beloved elder statesman? The first poll of his administration had his approval ratings at 51%-21% (Eagleton-Rutgers, March/April 1974). By the mid-term election, Byrne was upside down at 23%-71% (Eagleton-Rutgers, October/November
The first time Brendan Byrne made an in-print list of potential candidates for Governor of New Jersey was about a month after Richard Nixon’s landslide re-election in the 1972 presidential race. Watergate wasn’t really a thing yet, but Democrats sensed
Gov. Brendan Byrne’s first opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice came in early 1975 when Associate Justice Nathan Jacobs turned 70. He asked former Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub to vet candidates for the post. His pick was Sidney Schreiber,
Served in cabinet of Repubican and Democratic governors
Former Democratic state chairman joins Sherrill, Gottheimer, others
Money accumulates from 2000 & 2008 U.S. Senate races that never happened
For Immediate Release March 20, 2018