Charles Sandman Archives

Five N.J. governors have avoided re-election primaries and Murphy is one of them

June 6, 2021 10:34 pm

Seeking to become the first Democratic governor to win a second term in 44 years, Gov. Phil is expected to get more than 99% of the primary election vote on Tuesday – with only a handful of write-in votes stopping...

Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021 9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:14 am

Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...

David Dichter, who ran for Congress against Charles Sandman in 1968, dies at 89

January 3, 2021 12:21 pm

Dr. David Dichter, the Democratic candidate for Congress against Rep. Charles W. Sandman (R-Erma) in 1968, died on December 28. He was 89. Dichter was the second longest-living former New Jersey congressional candidate, after Richard J. Trainor, 91, the Democratic...

Ciattarelli looks to be 6th person to win NJ gubernatorial primary on second try

December 24, 2020 4:13 pmDecember 24, 2020 4:19 pm

If Jack Ciattarelli wins the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey next year, he will become the sixth person to win the nomination on their second try. Eight others have lost consecutive gubernatorial runs. Of the five, only one...

Paul Porreca, New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate, dies at 85

August 15, 2020 11:08 amAugust 17, 2020 12:52 am

Paul R. Porreca, a respected former Superior Court Judge who was New Jersey’ longest-living candidate for Congress, died on Friday night. He was 85. Porreca was a 27-year-old Millville city commissioner when he became the Democratic congressional candidate in 1962...

Flashback: New Jerseyans on Nixon resignation in 1974

August 9, 2020 8:21 pmAugust 9, 2020 8:26 pm

Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States 46 years ago today, just as the U.S. House of Representatives was about to impeach him for his role in the Watergate scandal: “I have never been a quitter. To...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Cahill Court

June 7, 2020 10:02 pmJune 7, 2020 10:50 pm

After Republican William T. Cahill was elected governor in 1969, the Supreme Court Justices named by Gov. Robert Meyner reached retirement age and New Jersey’s top court began to see some turnover. Cahill made his first Supreme Court appointment in...