Frank Lautenberg Archives - Page 2 of 13

Ex-Morristown mayor, 75, heads to court to make his 24th run for public office

June 28, 2021 11:37 am

A former Morristown mayor is headed to court next month in a bid to run as an independent in a rematch with the incumbent who unseated him 12 years ago. Donald Cresitello, a local officeholder and perennial candidate in Morristown...

Grassley can look to Lautenberg as he ponders bid for 8th U.S. Senate term

June 22, 2021 11:04 am

Almost two-thirds of voters in Iowa say it’s time for a new person to hold the United States Senate seat occupied by Chuck Grassley for more than 40 years, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released over...

Booker job approval at 57% in Monmouth poll

May 5, 2021 1:00 pmMay 5, 2021 1:39 pm

New Jerseyans give U.S. Senator Cory Booker job approval ratings of 57%-35% in a new Monmouth University poll, up from 51%-33% in April 2020. Among registered voters, Booker is at 57%-36%. The former Newark mayor and presidential candidate is at...

Joel Pisano, former federal judge, dies at 71

February 28, 2021 12:57 pm

Joel A. Pisano, a former public defender who spent 22 years as a federal judge, died on February 27. He was 71. Following his graduate from Seton Hall Law School in 1974, he went to work as a public defender...

Menendez, Booker urge DHS to enforce law barring guns for domestic abusers

February 5, 2021 5:31 pm

U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen), Cory Booker (D-Newark) and a slew of Democratic colleagues on Friday demanded the Department of Homeland Security to begin enforcing a law named after a late New Jersey senator that bars those with a...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 18, 2021 12:12 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:14 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Trailblazer: U.S. Senator Cory Booker

January 18, 2021 12:06 amJanuary 16, 2021 11:02 pm

Cory Booker, is the first Black 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 nomination...