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DNC launches ad boosting Biden’s handling of pandemic in NJ markets

June 30, 2021 6:00 amJune 29, 2021 5:10 pm

The Democratic National Committee launched a new ad boosting President Joe Biden’s handling of the pandemic on New Jersey airwaves Wednesday. The 60-second spot begins with shots of an empty classroom, stadium and storefront before showing people congregating at stadiums...

LBJ, Nixon, Reagan swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 17, 2020 12:11 amFebruary 16, 2020 6:53 pm

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

The Life and Times of Harry P. Pappas

March 25, 2019 9:30 pmMarch 25, 2019 9:58 pm

Editor’s note: Harry P. Pappas announced today that he was running as an independent conservative candidate for State Assembly in the 21st district against Jon Bramnick and Nancy Munoz. To reintroduce him to the New Jersey political community, here is...

LBJ, Nixon, Reagan swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 18, 2019 5:50 amFebruary 18, 2019 5:47 am

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

Donald Trump approvals at 37%-58%

February 14, 2019 6:00 amFebruary 13, 2019 11:53 pm

New Jersey doesn’t like President Donald Trump. Trump has a lopsided, upside-down 37%-58% approval rating in New Jersey, according to a poll released this morning by the Monmouth University Polling Institute. Today’s poll shows just a little movement by Trump...

Kornacki: Alvarez investigations may become national news

December 6, 2018 10:25 pmDecember 7, 2018 11:05 am

Veteran political reporter Steve Kornacki thinks the political circumstances of the national news cycle have been kind to Gov. Phil Murphy, keeping coverage of the investigations into the administration’s hiring of Al Alvarez off of cable broadcasts. “I think, politically,...

Statements in Memory of George H.W. Bush

December 1, 2018 11:29 amDecember 2, 2018 12:46 am

Several New Jersey political leaders released statements today on the passing of George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States: Governor Phil Murphy “A true American leader both at war and in peace, President Bush was kind, heroic,...