Dick Zimmer Archives - New Jersey Globe

Darcy Draeger is a real farmer, but Bucco attacks her anyway

October 4, 2019 2:02 amOctober 4, 2019 3:41 pm

After giving up her Wall Street career, Democratic Assembly candidate Darcy Draeger is a full-time farmer. Draeger’s small farm in rural Chester Township has 24 sheep, 15 chickens – down from 19 after an unfortunate incident with a raccoon –...

Bucco would be the 5th sitting Senator to run for Assembly

September 25, 2019 1:29 amSeptember 25, 2019 1:50 am

Anthony Bucco would not be the first sitting State Senator to seek a seat in the New Jersey State Assembly, but he is the first to run with no intention of keeping the job. Some Senators have gone to the...

NJ Democrats say anti-Pelosi punches won’t work

August 29, 2019 5:35 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee today pushed back on Republican criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi headlining their state party conference in Atlantic City next month. “Nancy Pelosi is the highest ranking elected Democrat in the country and a...

Frelinghuysen career comes to a close

January 3, 2019 8:50 amJanuary 3, 2019 8:54 am

The most frustrating thing for Rodney Proctor Frelinghuysen as his time in Congress comes to an end a few hours from now, has got to be that he reached the pinnacle of his political career – chairman of the powerful...

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...

U.S. Senate debate tonight on NJTV

October 24, 2018 10:02 amOctober 24, 2018 10:03 am

The race for the U.S. Senate has become one of the nastiest in New Jersey history – at least since Bob Torricelli and Dick Zimmer faced off in 1996, and maybe even worse. Tonight, candidates Bob Hugin and Bob Menendez...

The Carpetbagger

October 18, 2018 10:43 pmOctober 19, 2018 8:57 pm

Since Leonard Lance called Tom Malinowski a carpetbagger in last night’s debate – an unfair allegation, since Malinowski grew up in a town next door to the current boundaries of district – here’s a great story about carpetbagging that comes...