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New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

January 15, 2020 8:19 amJanuary 15, 2020 8:29 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will be the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in 28 years, leaving Democratic county chairs — and in some cases, Democratic County Committee members — to award the organization line n the June...

America’s most senior living ex-congressman turns 98

May 27, 2019 12:01 amMay 27, 2019 10:33 am

Some South Jersey politicos may remember Harry Haskell, who represented Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives more than 60 years ago. Haskell is celebrating his 98th birthday today. Haskell has some ties to New Jersey. Haskell was a young...

New Jersey liked Ike, but Warren Harding set the record

February 18, 2019 5:41 amFebruary 18, 2019 6:49 am

New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey. He won all 21 counties, and the GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats. Calvin Coolidge took 62%...

History on presidential candidates and running for two offices

February 15, 2019 1:24 am

Some history to go along with the new law that allows Cory Booker to run for president or vice president in 2020 while simultaneously seeking re-election to the United States Senate. No major party presidential nominee has ever run for...

The last NJ First Lady to run for Congress

February 6, 2019 1:07 amFebruary 6, 2019 1:50 am

If Mary Pat Christie runs for Congress, she wouldn’t be the first former First Lady of New Jersey to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1974, Helen Stevenson Meyner defeated freshman Rep. Joseph Maraziti (R-Boonton) in what was...

Booker still a 2020 U.S. Senate candidate

February 1, 2019 6:59 amFebruary 1, 2019 3:01 am

Cory Booker remains a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020. The New Jersey approved a new law last October that would allow Booker to run for president while simultaneously seeking to keep his Senate seat. Booker...

The best party switching story ever

January 28, 2019 9:45 pmJanuary 29, 2019 2:47 am

It should come as no surprise to New Jerseyans that the greatest party switching story comes out of Hudson County. In 1954, ten-term Rep. Edward Hart (D-Jersey City) gave up his congressional seat so that he could get an appointment...