Frank Farley Archives - New Jersey Globe

Polistina will become Atlantic’s 9th senator in 81 years

August 4, 2021 7:17 amAugust 4, 2021 7:18 am

Once Republicans ratify Vince Polistina tonight, he’ll become the 9th state senator from Atlantic County since the legendary Frank “Hap” Farley first won the seat 81 years ago at the age of 38. Farley became the Republican political boss of...

Codey praises Wainer Apter’s ‘strength of character and intellect’

March 14, 2021 10:51 pm

Former Gov. Richard J. Codey (D-Roseland), the longest serving State Senator in New Jersey history, appears likely to support Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Rachel Wainer Apter as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. “Ms. Wainer Apter’s...

Mazzeo announces Senate bid in Atlantic County

March 1, 2021 10:30 amMarch 1, 2021 12:41 pm

Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo (D-Northfield) today launched his bid for an open State Senate seat in a politically competitive Atlantic County district, setting up what will likely be the most expensive race in New Jersey this year. Mazzeo, a proven vote-getter...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 15, 2021 12:12 amFebruary 13, 2021 6:27 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey where nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their names did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to wrote in...

Gilliam lawyer has old Atlantic City roots

January 28, 2021 7:33 pmJanuary 28, 2021 8:00 pm

The lawyer who represented former Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam following his arrest for stealing $87,000 from a youth basketball program he ran has deep ties to Atlantic City politics; some of his relatives were loyal members of the Republican...

Trailblazer: Commissioner Horace Bryant, Sr.

January 18, 2021 12:02 amJanuary 16, 2021 10:20 pm

Horace Bryant, Jr. (1909-1983) was the first African American to serve in the cabinet of a New Jersey governor. Richard J. Hughes appointed him to serve as commissioner of Banking and Insurance in 1969. Bryant had spent over 40 years...

Rivals come together in tribute to local legend

September 9, 2020 6:52 pm

A group of Atlantic County politicians – some of whom do not like each other – came together today in tribute to the late Gerald Gormley, who served as the Hap Farley-era Atlantic County Sheriff. The Atlantic County Sheriff’s Foundation...