Democrats on verge of million vote advantage
Booker poised to set record for most votes by a NJ statewide candidate
Tag: Brendan Byrne
Some Democratic Governor’s Association trivia
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 lost their primaries: Thomas Judge (Montana) and Dixy Lee Ray (Washington). Democrats held Montana and lost Washington in the general. Byrne was also the last Democratic governor of New Jersey
The story of the Terror of Trenton
Senate Democrats tossed Camden Senator from their caucus
Beat it, kid!
How Chris Smith won an unwinnable race for a second term in Congress
Former Assemblyman and Judge from Bergen dies
Robert Hamer died in July
Bob Hugin’s registration gap
New Jersey has 921,531 more Democrats than Republicans
In NJ-2, 126 years since party last held an open House seat
Republican Frank LoBiondo will retire from the U.S. House of Representatives in January after 24 years as a congressman. The winner of the open seat 2nd district race will become just the fourth person to represent the South Jersey seat in the last 50 years. The 2nd district has a long history of flipping red to blue. The last time a part held an open seat in this district was
Clifford Goldman dies
Brendan Byrne’s state treasurer was 75
Who is the most popular first-year governor ever?
Whitman holds record at 52% in September 1994
The history of the New Jersey Senate Presidency
Senate Presidents served a single one-year term until the 1970’s, now the job can last a decade — or more