Bob Martin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ex-Senator known as Mr. Potato Head returns to political arena in support of DeCroce

May 5, 2021 11:21 amJanuary 20, 2023 10:38 am

Former State Sen. Bob Martin (R-Morris Plains), once dubbed “Mr. Potato Head” for altering his political face in an election year, made a return to the rubber chicken circuit last night when he introduced Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) at a...

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N.J. Supreme Court: The McGreevey and Corzine Courts

June 7, 2020 10:11 pmJune 7, 2020 11:20 pm

Gov. Christine Todd Whitman resigned in February 2001 to join President George W. Bush’s cabinet as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Senate President Donald DiFrancesco succeeded her as governor, but no seats on the New Jersey Supreme Court...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Whitman Court

June 7, 2020 10:08 pmJune 7, 2020 11:19 pm

By the time Tom Kean left office in January 1989, the oldest member of the New Jersey Supreme Court was Robert Clifford, who would not reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 until 1994. With no unanticipated vacancies, Gov. Jim...

In Morris, sometimes you lose before you win

February 15, 2019 4:39 pmFebruary 15, 2019 4:45 pm

The possibility of an Aura Dunn vs. Lisa Bhimani campaign for State Assembly in the 25th district this year means a match-up of two candidates who lost their first campaigns for public office. That’s the way politics works in Morris...

Six things about Jay Webber

February 3, 2018 1:50 pm

Six things to know about Jay Webber, who announced today that he would seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district: 1. Webber grew up in Passaic County, played baseball at Johns Hopkins. He was a Rhodes...