Bob Yudin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ex-Bergen GOP chairman endorses Mikie Sherrill for governor

October 22, 2025 4:28 pmOctober 23, 2025 11:12 am

Citing concerns about President Donald Trump’s influence over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former Bergen County Republican chairman has endorsed Democrat Mikie Sherrill for governor. Bob Yudin, a fierce Trump critic who led the Bergen County Republican Organization for eight years,...

Murphy names Pennington to replace Yudin on Sports Authority

March 25, 2022 9:56 amMarch 25, 2022 4:15 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated Newark Business Administrator Eric Pennington for a seat on the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. He would replace Robert Yudin, a former Bergen County Republican Chairman who has served as a Sports Authority Commissioner...

Murphy backs continued existence of senatorial courtesy

May 3, 2021 3:12 pmMay 4, 2021 12:48 am

Gov. Phil Murphy supported keeping in place an unwritten Senate rule that allows members to indefinitely block gubernatorial nominees from their home county Monday, backing a measure that has been used to stymie the governor’s own nominations. “I have to...

Murphy picks Schaffer for Sports Authority post

February 4, 2021 11:00 amFebruary 4, 2021 10:57 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate Peg Schaffer, the Somerset County Democratic Chair, and the vice chair of the Democratic State Committee, for a seat on the Sports and Exposition Authority. She will replace Bob Yudin, a former Bergen County Republican...

Jude DeLane, aide to Sen. Clifford Case, dies at 80

February 16, 2020 6:12 pm

Jude DeLane, who spent 20 years as a personal assistant and district office aide to U.S. Senator Clifford P. Case of New Jersey, died on February 14 after a long fight with pulmonary fibrosis. He was 80. DeLane worked for...

Mike Kelly miscalculates impeachment poll

January 28, 2020 5:40 pmJanuary 28, 2020 6:39 pm

The Bergen Record’s Mike Kelly appears to have misunderstood a Washington Post poll, but hasn’t moved to correct his error – almost as if facts don’t matter to the tetchy opinion-giver. In a column about former Bergen County GOP chairman...

Trenton councilwoman calls “Jew down” a verb, says it referred to ‘negotiating and not hate

September 15, 2019 1:58 pmAugust 5, 2021 6:34 pm

Trenton City Councilwoman Robin Vaughn is defending a colleague’s “Jew her down” comment, calling “Jew down” a verb and suggesting that the term isn’t “anti-anything.” “We really need to get a more acute meaning and understanding of ‘anti-Semitic.’ I believe...