Christopher Smith Archives - New Jersey Globe

N.J. Building Trades makes no endorsement in NJ-7, two years after backing Kean

June 12, 2026 9:07 am

The influential New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council is staying on the sidelines in New Jersey’s highly competitive 7th congressional district race, withholding its endorsement two years after backing U.S. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) in one of...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

GOP House members tell Sherrill to release cheating scandal records

September 29, 2025 8:00 amSeptember 29, 2025 1:06 am

Three Republican congressmen from New Jersey are calling on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) to authorize the immediate release of all military records connected to her involvement in the 1994 U.S. Naval Academy cheating scandal. Reps. Christopher Smith (R-Manchester),...

Catherine Costa, former N.J. senator, dies at 99

June 27, 2025 7:42 pmJune 29, 2025 9:34 am

Catherine A. Costa, a Democrat who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature in the 1980s and was the first woman to serve on the Burlington County Board of Freeholders, died today. She was 99. The Brooklyn-born lawmaker...

Chris Smith begins 23rd term in Congress

January 3, 2025 7:17 pmJanuary 3, 2025 7:19 pm

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Manchester) broke his own record as the longest-serving member of Congress in New Jersey history today when he took the oath of office for his 23rd term. After Smith won his first election in 1980, at age...

Colabella will retire as Ocean County Clerk

December 11, 2024 1:13 pmDecember 12, 2024 3:46 pm

Three-term Ocean County Clerk Scott Colabella will not seek re-election next year and plans to retire at the end of the year, setting up a possible internal fight over his successor and a potential fight over county commissioner seats occupied...

Lesniak pushes for resuming Ukraine adoptions

November 25, 2024 6:26 pm

Adoptions involving about 300 orphans from Ukraine and roughly 200 American families were suspended in 2022 after the Russian invasion and former State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) has been working to reunite them. “Support for continuing supplying Ukraine with expensive...