Gary Stuhltrager Archives - New Jersey Globe

Tom Pankok, former assemblyman, Salem political leader, dies at 90

January 31, 2022 10:38 pmFebruary 1, 2022 9:45 am

Thomas A. Pankok, a humble, community-minded Korean War veteran who served two terms in New Jersey State Assembly before he was swept out of office in Gov. Thomas Kean’s 1985 landslide re-election, died on January 31. He was 90. Pankok...

Dr. Joseph Riley, former Cumberland Democratic Chairman and Freeholder, dies at 87

December 30, 2020 9:54 amDecember 30, 2020 2:25 pm

Dr. Joseph J. Riley, a popular and respected Cumberland County political leader, died on December 10. He was 87. Riley was the father of Celeste Riley, the Cumberland County Clerk and a former assemblywoman from the 3rd legislative district. His...

GOP runs Durr, Sawyer against Burzichelli, Taliaferro

April 1, 2019 6:42 pmOctober 16, 2019 3:47 am

Republicans are backing Edward Durr and Beth Sawyer for State Assembly in the 3rd district against incumbents John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro) and Adam Taliaferro (D-Swedesboro). The 3rd has not gone Republican since Jack Collins and Gary Stuhltrager ran for the last...

Beth Sawyer wins Salem GOP nod to challenge Burzichelli, Taliaferro

March 16, 2019 1:09 pmMarch 16, 2019 5:59 pm

Beth Sawyer, who narrowly lost a race for Woolwich township committee in 2018, is seeking the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 3rd district to challenge incumbents John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro) and Adam Taliaferro (D-Woolwich). Sawyer won the endorsement of...

Harry Rink, former Greenwich mayor, Assembly candidate, dies

December 18, 2018 10:19 am

Harry Rink, who served as a councilman and mayor in Greenwich Township, passed away on December 14. He was 89. He was elected to the Township Council in 1991, defeating incumbent Republicans Joseph Harbeson and Bill Williamson. In 1993, Rink...

How Steve Sweeney got to the Senate

March 29, 2018 2:03 amMarch 29, 2018 5:45 pm

Steve Sweeney won a State Senate seat in 2001 after a feud between State Senator Raymond Zane and Gloucester County Democratic Chairman Michael Angelini over competition between the two over government legal contracts they both wanted. Zane was one of...

Trailblazing South Jersey Politician Dies

January 21, 2018 11:33 am

Elwood Hampton, who became the first black Mayor of a South Jersey town that was 77% white – and later the first black Freeholder in Gloucester County, died on January 17. He was 93. As a young man growing up...