Donald Norcross Archives - New Jersey Globe

Statements on Pelosi’s decision to step down

November 17, 2022 1:31 pm

CONGRESSMAN BILL PASCRELL “If they were chiseling a Mount Rushmore for House leaders, I can promise you Madame Speaker would be on it. In the coming days many celebrations will be written, rightly, about Speaker Pelosi’s historic tenure. That she...

Norcross wins re-election in 1st congressional district

November 8, 2022 9:15 pmNovember 8, 2022 10:09 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) has won re-election, defeating Republican challenger Claire Gustafson in the 1st congressional district. As of 10:09 p.m. and with an estimated 64% of votes reported, Norcross leads Gustafson by a...

Healey calls on Kim to leave Progressive Caucus

October 26, 2022 1:54 pm

Ramping up a line of attack his campaign has been using for weeks, 3rd district Republican nominee Bob Healey today called on his opponent, Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown), to leave the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). “Today I challenge my opponent...

After mayor’s party switch, Dems fight to hold Gloucester’s swingy Monroe Township

September 27, 2022 3:33 pm

Earlier this year, Monroe Township Mayor Richard DiLucia had an idea. Realizing that he might not get the Democratic line for re-election in his swingy Gloucester County community, DiLucia – a longtime Democrat and labor leader – decided to switch...

Fraternal Order of Police backs Dems in most key congressional races

September 21, 2022 4:04 pmSeptember 21, 2022 4:42 pm

The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the state’s second-largest police union, today endorsed nine congressional candidates, among them six Democrats and three Republicans. In the three districts that are considered the state’s most competitive, the FOP backed all...

Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 5, 2022 12:09 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:40 pm

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 5, 2022 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:49 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...