Gordon MacInnes Archives - New Jersey Globe

McKoy giving up N.J. think tank post for Washington job

September 28, 2021 10:40 am

New Jersey is losing a massive and effective progressive voice with the announcement on Tuesday that Brandon McKoy will leave his post as president of New Jersey Policy Perspective to join the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington...

MacInnes endorses Dawkins for his old seat

March 9, 2020 4:59 pmMarch 9, 2020 5:02 pm

Former State Sen. Gordon MacInnes (D-Morris Township), the last Democrat to win in the 25th district, has endorsed Cliff Dawkins for the seat he held from 1994 to 1998. “Cliff Dawkins is a true-blue Morris Countian who starred at Dover...

Morris GOP relic tries to hold on

November 8, 2019 9:48 amNovember 8, 2019 2:28 pm

Peter V. Mancuso has been a fixture in Morris County politics since he started out protesting the state’s plans to extend Route 24 to Route 287 in the 1970’s. Now one of the last surviving members of the John Dorsey/Tony...

Senator Anthony Bucco dies at 81

September 16, 2019 9:14 pmSeptember 17, 2019 12:27 am

State Sen. Anthony R. Bucco, a Morris County Republican who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1998, has died. He was 81. Bucco has been a fixture in politics for more than 40 years, since winning a seat...

Biden raises almost $250k in New Jersey

July 22, 2019 12:54 pmJuly 22, 2019 11:18 pm

Former Vice President Joseph Biden raised $246,488 from New Jersey donors since he announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on April 25, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Favorite son Cory Booker had a home...

Brandon McKoy to lead New Jersey Policy Perspective

February 27, 2019 9:29 am

New Jersey Policy Perspective, one of the state’s top public policy think tanks, has named Brandon McKoy as their new president. “No other candidate matched his policy knowledge and deep passion for creating a stronger and more-inclusive economy,” said Marcia...

In Morris, sometimes you lose before you win

February 15, 2019 4:39 pmFebruary 15, 2019 4:45 pm

The possibility of an Aura Dunn vs. Lisa Bhimani campaign for State Assembly in the 25th district this year means a match-up of two candidates who lost their first campaigns for public office. That’s the way politics works in Morris...