Edward Salmon Archives - New Jersey Globe

After 39 years in office, Thornton set to retire as Cape May County Commissioner

March 10, 2022 8:10 pmMarch 10, 2022 8:46 pm

Gerald Thornton, who has spent nearly 39 years as a Cape County Commissioner, will not seek re-election. The 81-year-old Thornton was first elected in 1975 and was re-elected three times. Party officials say the leading candidate to replace Thornton is...

Cumberland icon Gary Simmerman, ex-freeholder, dies at 85

February 24, 2020 10:52 amFebruary 24, 2020 10:53 am

Gary F. Simmerman, a former four-term Cumberland County freeholder who held county and state political positions and enjoyed a successful career as a banker, died on February 20. He was 85. He was elected Bridgeton city treasurer in 1963, at...

Brigid Callahan Harrison announced her candidacy for Congress. Photo by Kevin Sanders for New Jersey Globe.

Harrison raised $45k in first few days as a candidate

January 31, 2020 1:19 pmJanuary 31, 2020 2:54 pm

Brigid Callahan Harrison raised $45,594 for her congressional campaign to oust Democrat-turned-Republican incumbent Jeff Van Drew during the two weeks of 2019, a respectable haul considering she entered the race just nine days before Christmas. Harrison, a political science professor,...

The Road to Mike Testa

December 2, 2019 12:23 amDecember 2, 2019 2:45 pm

When Michael Testa., Jr. takes his seat in the New Jersey State Senate next week, he will become just the sixth senator to represent the 1st legislative district since it was created in 1973 when New Jersey first adopted a...

Stockton to honor Florio, Whitman

August 21, 2019 2:43 pm

Former Governors Jim Florio and Christine Todd Whitman – opponents in the 1993 gubernatorial election – will receive Distinguished Achievement Awards from the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy a Stockton University. “These two outstanding New Jersey leaders embody...

Avalon mayor unopposed in bid for 8th term

May 8, 2019 11:11 amMay 8, 2019 11:56 am

Mayor Martin Pagliughi, one of the state’s longest-serving local officeholders, is unopposed in his bid for re-election to an 8th term in Avalon (pop. 1,334), an upscale Jersey Shore resort town in Cape May County. Voters will cast their ballots...