Christine Todd Whitman Archives

In one of New Jersey’s swingiest towns, a mayoral challenger emerges

April 1, 2022 4:35 pm

New Providence was a solidly Republican town, until it wasn’t. The Union County borough, which is in the state’s upper echelons of both income and educational attainment, used to vote for Republicans up and down the ballot, from staunch conservatives...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 21, 2022 12:20 amFebruary 19, 2022 4:26 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in 28 years, leaving Democratic county chairs — and in some cases, Democratic County Committee members — to award the organization line in the 2020 New...

Is Murphy really New Jersey’s 56th governor? We have no color on that

February 7, 2022 12:34 amFebruary 7, 2022 2:06 am

If the State Senate confirms Matt Platkin as the Attorney General of New Jersey, he’ll either be the 62nd person to hold the post — or the 56th. That depends on who is right, Gov. Phil Murphy or the New...

The time Whoopi Goldberg and Christie Whitman had a fight

February 2, 2022 5:45 amFebruary 2, 2022 8:24 am

A funny thing happened to Whoopi Goldberg on her way to President Bill Clinton’s second inaugural in 1997. She had a fight with the Governor of New Jersey. Goldberg was travelling to Washington by car to appear as a guest...

Barbara Curran, former assemblywoman, dies at 81

January 29, 2022 10:28 pm

Barbara A. Curran, a former assemblywoman, Board of Public Utilities Commissioner and Superior Court Judge who became the first woman to serve in all three branches of state government, died on Saturday morning. She was 81. Curran became involved in...

Trailblazer: Justice James J. Coleman

January 17, 2022 12:00 amJanuary 16, 2022 3:50 pm

James H. Coleman, Jr., 85, the son of a sharecropper who was forced to attend racially segregated public schools in Lawrenceville, was the first Black to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Coleman joined the New Jersey Department of...

Two members of Scutari inner circle partner with Trenton lobbyists

January 7, 2022 1:31 pm

A Trenton lobbying firm has announced a strategic partnership with two political allies of incoming Senate President Nicholas Scutari. GTB Partners, the shop headed by Rich Gannon and Michael Torpey, will work with George and Angie Devanney of Keystone Strategies. ...