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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,...

George H.W. Bush dies; last Republican presidential candidate to carry New Jersey

December 1, 2018 11:20 amDecember 3, 2018 2:50 pm

George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States and the last Republican presidential candidate to carry New Jersey, died on Friday night. He was 94. Bush had strong ties in New Jersey during his long political career. ...

Kyrillos leaving after 30 years

January 8, 2018 1:08 am

Joe Kyrillos will begin the next chapter of his life tomorrow after thirty years in the New Jersey Legislature — and as one of the top vote-getters in Monmouth County history. In early 1987, I was serving as Executive Director...