Barry Goldwater Archives - Page 4 of 4

Cardinale predecessor dies

December 30, 2018 3:16 pmJanuary 1, 2019 4:37 pm

Joseph Ringelstein, a Democrat who ousted the Republican mayor of Demarest in 1964 in oine of seventeen Bergen County that voted for Barry Goldwater, died on December 28. He was 93. It was Ringelstein’s resignation a decade later that created...

Three New Jersey insiders you’ve probably never heard of

December 27, 2018 11:17 am

Joseph Tumulty was probably the most powerful political insider in New Jersey history, serving as Woodrow Wilson’s chief of staff through his two years as governor and eight years as president. The scion of a politically active Jersey City family...

Bill Schluter, former Senator, dies at 90

August 6, 2018 9:38 pmAugust 7, 2018 9:57 am

William E. Schluter, a moderate Republican and self-proclaimed maverick who championed ethics reform during 21 years in the New Jersey Legislature, and an independent candidate for governor, died today. He was 90. Schluter served two separate tenures in the Legislature...