Frank McGehee Archives - New Jersey Globe

Malinowski picks up support in Maplewood, Rockaway

January 27, 2026 12:43 pm

Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has picked up a handful of new endorsements in Maplewood and Rockaway Township, two towns in the 11th congressional district where a rival canddiate, Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill (D-Montclair), had previously banked support. Yesterday, Malinowski...

With $433 cash-on-hand, Tucker won’t say if she’s seeking re-election

September 19, 2024 7:14 pm

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) on Thursday declined to say whether she would run for re-election next year in a primary that potentially has no organization line. The 81-year-old assemblywoman told the New Jersey Globe, “That’s my decision,” after a Thursday...

Healy, Schundler, nineteen other ex-mayors endorse Fulop for Governor

January 17, 2024 8:30 amJanuary 17, 2024 12:24 pm

Twenty-one former mayors from eleven New Jersey counties have endorsed Steve Fulop for the Democratic nomination for governor, including his three predecessors: Jerramiah Healy, L. Harvey Smith, and Bret Schundler, a Republican. The Healy and Schundler endorsements are symbolically significant:...

A closer look at more of last week’s legislative primaries

June 14, 2023 5:16 pmJune 15, 2023 3:48 am

Every New Jersey primary tells a story. Sometimes, that story is not a very interesting one – the heavily favored candidate wins by a lot and everyone goes home. But in more competitive contests, primary results reveal all sorts of...

Tucker, Hall turn back challenge from McGehee in 28th district Democratic primary

June 6, 2023 9:05 pmJune 6, 2023 11:36 pm

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) and Essex County Deputy Clerk Garnet Hall have won the Democratic nomination for two Assembly seats in the 28th legislative district, defeating former Maplewood Mayor Frank McGehee, the New Jersey Globe projects. As of 11:36 p.m.,...

What’s at stake in New Jersey’s ballot draw

April 5, 2023 5:06 pmApril 6, 2023 2:24 pm

Tomorrow, New Jersey will celebrate its most obscure yet consequential holiday: ballot drawing day, when county clerks conduct lotteries to determine the layout of primary ballots. Every slate that includes a contingent of county commissioner candidates has the ability to...

A look at the 13 legislative districts hosting contested primaries in 2023

March 29, 2023 12:04 pmMarch 29, 2023 12:55 pm

Filing day has come and gone; though petition challenges and write-in candidacies could still shake some things up, we basically know who is running for the New Jersey Legislature this year and who isn’t. A total of 258 candidates filed...