Cornelius Gallagher Archives

Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021 9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:14 am

Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...

Judge Geoffrey Gauklin, ex-Hudson prosecutor who challenged Musto, Guarini, dies at 85

August 27, 2020 2:27 pmAugust 27, 2020 5:08 pm

Geoffrey Gaulkin, a former Hudson County prosecutor and New Jersey Superior Court Judge, died on August 24. He was 85. Gaulkin, a 32-year-old Republican from Weehawken, was elected to serve as a delegate to the 1966 New Jersey Constitutional Convention....

New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate ran with LBJ in 1964

August 18, 2020 10:22 am

With the passing of Paul Porreca on Friday evening, the longest-living New Jersey congressional candidate is Richard J. Traynor, who ran as a Democrat against Rep. Florence P. Dwyer (R-Elizabeth) in 1964. Now 91 and living in Maine, Traynor is...

Gottheimer has 41-point lead against Kreibich in NJ-5, internal poll shows

June 23, 2020 11:14 am

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) has a substantial 62%-21% lead over Arati Kreibich in an internal tracking poll of likely Democratic primary voters in New Jersey’s 5th district. With leaners added, Gottheimer’s head-to-head numbers against Kreibich move up to 66%-23%. Kreibich,...

Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020 11:22 amMarch 17, 2021 8:55 pm

Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...

Democratic chairs decline to sign letter supporting Van Drew

December 6, 2019 5:16 pmDecember 6, 2019 6:18 pm

Facing growing concerns about his ability to win a Democratic primary next year, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) asked Democratic county chairmen to sign a letter backing him for re-election. The answer for many of them was no, the New...

ERA extension gets support from 6 of 12 New Jersey House members

July 28, 2019 4:18 pm

A resolution in Congress to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment has six co-sponsors from the New Jersey delegation: Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Albio Sires...