Alfred Driscoll Archives - New Jersey Globe

The history of special elections in the 25th district

September 26, 2019 6:55 amSeptember 26, 2019 12:00 pm

The November special election convention to fill the late Senator Anthony R. Bucco’s seat will be the third since the district was created for the 1973 election. That number could reach four, if Anthony M. Bucco gets the chance to...

Democrats seek to defend veto-proof majority for 1st time

June 4, 2019 10:37 am

Assembly Democrats will seek to defend – and expand – their 54 seat majority in the 2019 mid-term elections. If they hold all their seats, it will be the first time a veto-proof Democratic majority will get a third year...

The story of Hackensack Harry

March 3, 2019 11:54 pmMarch 4, 2019 10:00 am

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher. The big left-hander was the starting pitcher for the New York Yankees game six of the 1921 World...

The Story of the Alleged $3 Million Campaign Contribution Bribe and Why ELEC Matters

November 2, 2018 4:35 pmNovember 2, 2018 4:36 pm

Abner “Longie” Zwillman once dated actress Jean Harlow and was dubbed the “Al Capone of New Jersey”. He was born in Newark and lived in West Orange when he died of suicide in 1959. While he tried to go “legit,”...

Evidence that Murphy isn’t superstitious

January 4, 2018 12:07 am

Phil Murphy is the first Governor to hold an inauguration day prayer service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton since Jim Florio did it in 1990. At least he didn’t pick the Princeton University Chapel, where Jim McGreevey and...