Clifford Case Archives - Page 8 of 9

Booker, Menendez relationship defies modern NJ history

February 1, 2019 1:26 pmApril 30, 2021 9:41 pm

The bromance between New Jersey’s two United States Senators is sugary and unusual in a state where Senators classically despise each other – often in a very public way. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker spent most of 2018 joined at...

Three New Jersey insiders you’ve probably never heard of

December 27, 2018 11:17 am

Joseph Tumulty was probably the most powerful political insider in New Jersey history, serving as Woodrow Wilson’s chief of staff through his two years as governor and eight years as president. The scion of a politically active Jersey City family...

A Tom Kean ‘what-if’

December 9, 2018 6:28 pmDecember 9, 2018 6:37 pm

This is one of those alternate universe stories about what might have been, had the things went a little differently in Trenton. In a redistricting deal made by the leaders of the New Jersey Legislature in 1966, one of three...

Democrats on verge of million vote advantage

December 6, 2018 2:54 pmDecember 6, 2018 10:28 pm

New Jersey is on track to have 1 million more Democrats than Republicans in 2019, if recent voter registration trends continue. The registration gap between Democrats and Republicans right now is at 930,850. Democratic registration outpaced the GOP by 93,928...

Bush Texas rival was three-time NJ U.S. Senate candidate

December 1, 2018 3:40 pmDecember 1, 2018 3:41 pm

A New Jersey man was one of George Bush’s first opponents. Robert Morris sough the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate five times, three times in New Jersey and twice in Texas – both times against Bush. In the 1950’s, the...

Mission Impossible: The search for a GOP Senate candidate vs. Booker

November 12, 2018 12:38 pmNovember 13, 2018 11:24 am

Republicans will have a nearly impossible time recruiting a candidate to run against U.S. Senator Cory Booker in 2020. New Jerseyans just re-elected a senator with upside-down approvals of 36%-52%. Booker’s approvals are at 58%-37%. Their 2018 candidate, Bob Hugin...

Democrats haven’t won 7th since 1954

August 3, 2018 11:13 am

If Tom Malinowski unseats Leonard Lance in New Jersey’s 7th district, he’ll become the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1956. The district, albeit in various configurations, is the seat the Republicans have held the longest in the state....