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Meet New Jersey’s George Bush

February 20, 2023 10:48 pm

When George Bush endorsed Bob Dole for president in 1988, it made national headlines. One of the many oddities of 1980’s New Jersey politics was during the twelve years George H.W. Bush served as vice president and president of the...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 20, 2023 12:01 amFebruary 19, 2023 11:52 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...

In one of New Jersey’s swingiest towns, a mayoral challenger emerges

April 1, 2022 4:35 pm

New Providence was a solidly Republican town, until it wasn’t. The Union County borough, which is in the state’s upper echelons of both income and educational attainment, used to vote for Republicans up and down the ballot, from staunch conservatives...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 21, 2022 12:20 amFebruary 19, 2022 4:26 pm

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 2020 New...

Which New Jerseyans served in the House and Senate with Bob Dole?

December 5, 2021 2:18 pm

Bob Dole, the former GOP presidential candidate and U.S. Senate Majority Leader who died today at age 87, served with 27 New Jerseyans during his 35 years in Congress — five in the Senate, where he represented Kansas from 1969...

Bob Dole, former presidential candidate, dies at 98

December 5, 2021 2:02 pmDecember 5, 2021 2:18 pm

Robert J. Dole, a former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, died on Sunday. He was 98. Dole was on the ballot three times in New Jersey during a political career that spanned from his election...

Bob Dole turns 98

July 22, 2021 4:24 pm

Bob Dole, who turned 98 today, served with 27 New Jerseyans during his 35 years in Congress — five in the Senate, where he represented Kansas from 1969 to 1996, and 22 in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he...