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McCain might have won NJ in 2000

August 26, 2018 12:29 amAugust 26, 2018 11:10 am

An early poll suggested that John McCain would carry New Jersey if he had won the Republican nomination for president in 2000. McCain led Al Gore in New Jersey by thirteen points, 51%-38%, according to a February 24, 2000 Quinnipiac...

Webber seeks to draw Sherrill into Murphy budget war

June 18, 2018 12:26 pmJune 25, 2018 4:27 pm

As New Jersey’s Democratic governor and legislative leaders duke it out over the state budget, the Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district wants Democrat Mikie Sherrill to say if taxes are too high or should they be...

Adorable relationship between Menendez, Booker breaks tradition

March 29, 2018 12:39 pmMarch 30, 2018 9:44 am

The bromance between New Jersey’s two United States Senators is sugary and unusual in a state where Senators classically despise each other – often in a very public way. These days, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker are joined at the...

Webber: Ghee’s dodge is a disqualifier

March 1, 2018 1:41 pmMarch 2, 2018 2:40 am

Antony Ghee’s refusal to say who he voted for in the last three presidential elections disqualifies him as a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress, according to his opponent. Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) says Ghee’s refusal to answer...

NJ’s history of winning the second time around

February 14, 2018 9:46 am

Jack Ciattarelli, who told the Associated Press that he expects to run for governor again in 2021, is following a familiar model of making back-to-back bids for statewide office. Ciattarelli sough the Republican nomination for governor in 2017. Tom Kean,...

The Life and Times of Jeff Bell

February 12, 2018 2:26 amOctober 10, 2018 2:07 pm

Jeff Bell’s upset victory over four-term U.S. Senator Clifford Case in the 1978 Republican primary was one of the great political campaigns in New Jersey history. Bell was a 35-year-old speechwriter for Ronald Reagan’s 1976 presidential campaign, and Case became...

The day Frank Pallone took a walk

February 1, 2018 2:14 am

It’s difficult to admit that the 2002 U.S. Senate race was so long ago that many people involved in New Jersey politics today don’t remember it. Bob Torricelli was the Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey and he was dealing...