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Timothy Ryan, ex-councilman who challenged Saxton, dies at 68

August 9, 2019 10:31 amAugust 9, 2019 6:51 pm

Timothy E. Ryan, a charismatic funeral director who served as a Seaside Park Councilman and sought higher office five times, including the U.S. House of Representatives, died on August 6. He was 68. Ryan fought a 11-year battle with cancer....

William Walls, longtime federal judge, dies

July 15, 2019 8:07 pmJuly 16, 2019 12:24 pm

William Walls, who served 25 years as a federal judge in New Jersey, has died. He was 86. The Star-Ledger first reported his passing. President Bill Clinton nominated Walls to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge in 1994, at...

Gottheimer, the titan of congressional fundraising, brings in $907k in 2nd quarter

July 11, 2019 12:49 pmJuly 11, 2019 1:12 pm

The Human Fundraising Machine is raising money unlike any congressman New Jersey has ever seen. Rep. Josh Gottheimer raised a mastodonic $907,658 during the second quarter of 2019 and has amassed a $5,683,966 warchest seventeen months before the next election....

Perot won 16% in New Jersey vs. Clinton, Bush

July 9, 2019 11:38 am

Ross Perot, a billionaire businessman who sought the presidency as an independent in 1992 and 1996, died today. He was 89. Perot won 16% of the vote in New Jersey in 1992, when Bill Clinton carried the state by 79,341...

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....