Frank Lautenberg Archives - New Jersey Globe

Eve Lubalin, longtime Lautenberg staffer, dies at 81

June 4, 2026 11:33 amJune 4, 2026 11:36 am

Eve Lubalin, a hugely admired top staffer to U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg for nearly seventeen years, died on June 3 after a yearslong battle with a rare type of blood cancer. She was 81. Following Lautenberg’s election to the...

Burlington county commissioner won’t seek re-election to fourth term

February 11, 2026 11:02 amFebruary 11, 2026 4:20 pm

Tom Pullion will not seek re-election after three terms as a Burlington County Commissioner, and Democrats are set to endorse a candidate to replace him on February 28. Pullion was elected in 2017, the first in a string of Democratic...

New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator in 1988, but they went in a different direction

January 19, 2026 12:24 amJanuary 19, 2026 12:52 pm

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

Trailblazer: U.S. Senator Cory Booker

January 19, 2026 12:22 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:25 pm

Cory Booker is the first Black candidate to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020 Democratic...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 19, 2026 12:15 amJanuary 18, 2026 8:58 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Steve Kornacki on the almost Codey vs. Corzine ’05 gubernatorial primary

January 15, 2026 8:02 amJanuary 19, 2026 12:29 pm

Richard J. Codey’s decorated political career comes with one big what if. Thrust by fate into the governorship, he demonstrated a common touch that ultimately made him one of the most popular public figures in modern New Jersey history. What...

Dick Zimmer, former congressman and U.S. Senate contender, dies at 81

January 1, 2026 11:23 amJanuary 4, 2026 9:53 pm

Richard A. Zimmer, a three-term Republican congressman from Hunterdon County and longtime state legislator who ran a competitive race for U.S. Senate in 1996 and built a career as an advocate of fiscal conservatism, transparency in government, and the safety...