Christine Todd Whitman Archives

If you’re under 45, you may have missed the epoch period of New Jersey politics

August 13, 2019 1:46 amAugust 13, 2019 11:12 am

The current drama of New Jersey politics doesn’t hold a candle to the events that occurred between 1999 to 2004 – a five-year period of constant folly that causes politicos over the age of 45 to appear a bit unfazed...

2001: Whitman resigns and DiFrancesco drops out

August 13, 2019 1:45 amAugust 13, 2019 1:47 am

President-elect George W. Bush announced in December 2000 that he would nominate New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman to serve in his cabinet as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Next in New Jersey’s line of succession was Senate...

Rothman says he never considered challenge to Garrett

August 6, 2019 3:15 pmAugust 7, 2019 11:39 am

OPINION I recently read an article in New Jersey Globe that said, incorrectly, that when the New Jersey Republican plan for Congressional Redistricting was enacted and presented as a fait accompli to the New Jersey Congressional Delegation in December 2011,...

Buster Soaries to retire

July 28, 2019 9:10 pmJuly 28, 2019 9:15 pm

Rev. DeForest “Buster” Soaries, a former New Jersey Secretary of State and congressional candidate, announced today that he will retire from his position as Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Franklin. Soaries, 67, has led...

Annie Grant, Monmouth Democratic leader, dies at 83

July 7, 2019 5:24 pmJuly 7, 2019 10:54 pm

Annie Williams Grant, a fixture in Monmouth County Democratic politics for parts of four decades, died on July 3. She was 83. Grant became the Democratic candidate for Monmouth County Clerk in 1989. She lost the general election to three-term...

Renny Travisano, former Middlesex county clerk, dies at 82

June 9, 2019 1:53 pmJune 9, 2019 9:07 pm

Raniero Travisano, a popular Sayreville Democrat who served one term as Middlesex County Clerk before losing in the 1990 anti-Florio protest election, died on June 8. He was 82. Travisano was a junior high school teacher and guidance counselor when...

Woman condemned for misogynistic comments aimed at rival

May 21, 2019 4:28 pmMay 21, 2019 10:41 pm

Isabella Alfano is facing sharp criticism for alleging that her opponent in the Republican primary for Morris County Surrogate advanced her political career through a romantic relationship with a former GOP officeholder. Alfano faces Freeholder Heather Darling and Assemblyman Michael...