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New Jersey hasn’t elected a president since 1912

April 13, 2019 11:04 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker holds a hometown kickoff rally today to become the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since Gov. Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Booker is one of two Bergen County native to seek the presidency next year....

The Life and Times of Harry P. Pappas

March 25, 2019 9:30 pmMarch 25, 2019 9:58 pm

Editor’s note: Harry P. Pappas announced today that he was running as an independent conservative candidate for State Assembly in the 21st district against Jon Bramnick and Nancy Munoz. To reintroduce him to the New Jersey political community, here is...

Bill Bradley mostly shut out in New Jersey during 2000 prez bid

February 21, 2019 7:00 amFebruary 21, 2019 10:32 am

Cory Booker’s list of more than 50 endorsements stands in stark contrast to the 2000 presidential race, when former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley mostly struck out in the New Jersey endorsement race. U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg endorsed Al Gore early...

LBJ, Nixon, Reagan swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 18, 2019 5:50 amFebruary 18, 2019 5:47 am

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

Two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates grew up in Bergen County

February 1, 2019 6:59 amFebruary 1, 2019 7:57 am

U.S. Senator Cory Booker wants to be the first New Jerseyan to win the presidency since Gov. Woodrow Wilson in 1912. In 1960, New Jersey’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention were pledged to Gov. Robert Meyner, the favorite-son candidate....

Reed Gusciora Trivia

June 30, 2018 3:14 pmJune 30, 2018 8:14 pm

Some random things about Walter Reed Gusciora: he first emerged as a formidable activist in the late 1980’s when he used his position as vice president of the Jamesburg High School student council to lead the fight against plans to...

Gusciora can last 12 hours into a shutdown

June 18, 2018 8:41 amJune 19, 2018 2:43 pm

Reed Gusciora will resign from the State Assembly until just before noon on July1, when he takes the oath of office as the new mayor of Trenton. If there is no budget deal between the Legislature and Governor Phil Murphy...