Christine Todd Whitman Archives

What to watch for in today’s Senate hearings for two N.J. Supreme Court nominees

October 13, 2022 12:01 amOctober 12, 2022 7:53 pm

Today, after a year and a half of limbo, the Senate Judiciary Committee will at last hold hearings on two nominees to the New Jersey Supreme Court: Rachel Wainer Apter and Douglas Fasciale. The court has been hobbled by a...

Florio Tribute: Christine Todd Whitman

September 26, 2022 10:13 am

Former Governor Christine Todd Whitman issued the following statement on the death of former Governor Jim Florio: “Jim Florio was an American patriot who put principles first. He stood by his convictions no matter what the cost, and I am...

Whitman will co-chair new centrist political party

July 28, 2022 10:31 amJuly 28, 2022 3:28 pm

Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a moderate Republican who has repeatedly expressed her displeasure with the rightward swing of national Republicans, announced yesterday that she and former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will co-chair the Forward Party, a new centrist...

Newly-formed Moderate Party seeks return to fusion voting, files petitions for Malinowski as their NJ-7 candiddate

June 7, 2022 4:10 pmJune 7, 2022 8:00 pm

A new political party aimed at attracting moderate voters will test New Jersey’s law banning fusion voting by filing nominating petitions today to create the Moderate Party with two-term Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) as their candidate in New Jersey’s 7th...

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...