Christine Todd Whitman Archives

He was governor of N.J. for 84 hours, and now he’s in line for a town administrator job

September 5, 2020 10:31 amSeptember 8, 2020 10:19 pm

John O. Bennett III, a former Co-President of the New Jersey State Senate and the Acting Governor of New Jersey for 84 hours in 2002, is up for a new job as the interim town administrator in Dover. The appointment...

Happy Birthday, Jim Florio

August 29, 2020 8:16 pmAugust 30, 2020 12:02 am

Happy Birthday to former Gov. Jim Florio, who turned 83 today. Florio has been a fixture in New Jersey politics since 1969, when he won a seat in the New Jersey. He spent fifteen years as a congressman from South...

Zimmer, former GOP congressman from N.J., to endorse Biden

August 24, 2020 11:07 am

Former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R-Delaware Township), a former three-term Republican congressman and the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 and 2008, will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president today, the Biden campaign said. The Hunterdon County Republican is one...

In DNC’s final day, NJ Democrats urge unity against Trump

August 20, 2020 11:54 amAugust 21, 2020 7:05 pm

In their final convention delegate breakfast, New Jersey Democrats focused on two things: unity and defeating President Donald Trump. Some of the country’s top Democrats, including Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), joined to...

Sherrill talks Biden, Harris and Whitman with the New Jersey Globe

August 18, 2020 10:36 amAugust 18, 2020 2:43 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) talks about Joe Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for vice president and former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman’s endorsement of Biden on the first night of the Democratic National Convention with New Jersey...

Whitman endorses Biden in brief Democratic convention speech

August 17, 2020 10:18 pmAugust 18, 2020 12:05 pm

Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman crossed party lines to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden against President Donald Trump Monday night. “I’m a lifelong Republican. My parents were introduced at the Republican National Convention by their parents. That’s how far...

Following Biden endorsement, Steinhardt wants Whitman to switch parties

August 17, 2020 10:02 pmAugust 17, 2020 10:02 pm

Christie Whitman should just become a Democrat after she backs Joe Biden tonight, New Jersey GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt said tonight. “After she completes her endorsement of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris tonight, she should complete her change of...