Cornelius Gallagher Archives - New Jersey Globe

The history of Albio Sires’ congressional district

December 21, 2021 11:16 am

The congressional seat that Rep. Albio Sires will vacate next year has been in Democratic hands since another West York congressman, freshman Republican Rep. Vincent Dellay, switched parties in late 1957. This will be the first open seat contest in...

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...