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Menendez, Booker eyeing seven candidates for U.S. Attorney

January 8, 2021 3:43 pmMay 26, 2021 7:49 pm

A serious short list of seven current and former prosecutors has emerged to become the next U.S. Attorney from New Jersey after Joe Biden takes office on January 20, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The seven – Henry Klingeman,...

Booker sworn in for third time as U.S. Senator

January 3, 2021 12:46 pm

Cory Booker was sworn in today for the third time as a United States Senator from New Jersey after winning re-election in 2020. Booker was sworn in by outgoing Vice President Mike Pence. His previous two oaths, in 2013 and...

Warren County has produced five nominees for statewide office

December 21, 2020 12:01 amDecember 21, 2020 1:32 pm

Warren may be the third-smallest county in New Jersey, but it has generated an outsized number of statewide candidates. The latest in Doug Steinhardt, a former mayor of Lopatcong who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor. The last governor...

Mehta breaks Case record for most votes ever received by a New Jersey Republican

November 17, 2020 12:31 pmNovember 17, 2020 7:18 pm

Republican Rik Mehta has set the record for the most votes ever received by a Republican statewide candidate in New Jersey after he passed Clifford P. Case on Monday. Mehta is currently at 1,745,013 votes statewide, with more ballots still...

Booker sets record for most statewide votes in N.J. history

November 11, 2020 2:11 pmNovember 11, 2020 4:50 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has already set a record for the greatest number of votes ever received by a statewide candidate in New Jersey. Booker has already passed the 2.2 million mark, with another 500,000 votes still uncounted across the...

Here’s how N.J. Senators voted on some of Trump’s Supreme Court short list

September 20, 2020 7:19 pmSeptember 20, 2020 11:52 pm

President Donald Trump says he will nominate a woman to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat on the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, leaving two conservative circuit court judges as the front-runners for the lifetime appointment. Barbara Lagoa, a former Florida...

Rich Torraca, former Lautenberg staffer, dies at 42

September 18, 2020 10:55 amSeptember 18, 2020 11:13 am

Richard M. Torraca II, a well-liked former aide to U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, died suddenly at his Milltown home on September 15. He was 42. Torraca worked on Lautenberg’s staff as a project coordinator from 2003 until 2010. He...