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New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 16, 2026 12:00 amFebruary 15, 2026 7:55 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill backed three candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020: first Cory Booker, then Michael Bloomberg, and finally Joe Biden. In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in...

Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 1, 2025 12:01 amAugust 31, 2025 3:54 pm

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 17, 2025 12:00 amFebruary 16, 2025 3:31 pm

In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was 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 in the...

The Baraka Plan Reimagined: How N.J. Governor’s races played out in even years

December 15, 2024 3:16 pmDecember 16, 2024 12:46 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka has proposed eliminating odd-year elections, which the modern-day founding fathers opposed explicitly at the 1947 State Constitutional Convention. The idea at the time was to keep elections for governor and the legislature focused on state...

Labor Leader: ex-Yankees pitcher later served as N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 2, 2024 12:10 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:36 pm

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...

Labor Leader: Carl Holderman was a founder of the CIO

September 2, 2024 12:00 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:48 pm

New Jerseyan Carl Holderman (1894-1959) was one of the founders of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1934 and spent more than five years in Gov. Robert Meyner’s cabinet. Among Holderman’s lasting legacies in New Jersey: he was among...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 19, 2024 12:00 amFebruary 18, 2024 11:08 pm

In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was 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 in the...