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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...

Alan Krueger, Obama economic adviser, dies at 58

March 18, 2019 2:40 pm

Alan Krueger, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, died over the weekend. He was 58. A Princeton University economics professor and Livingston native, Krueger served as assistant U.S. Secretary of the Treasury...

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....

Kornacki: Alvarez investigations may become national news

December 6, 2018 10:25 pmDecember 7, 2018 11:05 am

Veteran political reporter Steve Kornacki thinks the political circumstances of the national news cycle have been kind to Gov. Phil Murphy, keeping coverage of the investigations into the administration’s hiring of Al Alvarez off of cable broadcasts. “I think, politically,...

Some Democratic Governor’s Association trivia

December 2, 2018 9:42 pmDecember 2, 2018 9:43 pm

The last New Jerseyan to head the Democratic Governor’s Association was Brendan Byrne in 1980. Democrats won six and lost seven. Incumbents Bill Clinton (Arkansas), Joseph Teasdale (Missouri) and Arthur Link (North Dakota) lost re-election bids. Two other Democratic governors...

Wildes recycles 2006 Bill Clinton robocall

June 4, 2018 2:30 amJune 5, 2018 6:35 pm

When Michael Wildes ran for re-election as mayor of Englewood in 2006, former President Bill Clinton did a robocall to boost his efforts. Now Wildes, seeking a return to his old job, has brought back the 12-year-old robocall, using the...

Gottheimer’s funds a boon in red district

April 16, 2018 7:40 pmApril 17, 2018 11:32 am

After only two years in office, Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer is one of the top fundraisers in the 435-member House, and he might need all the cash he can get. Since Republican Rep. Scott Garrett in 2016, Gottheimer has pulled...