Gordon MacInnes Archives - Page 2 of 2

John Dorsey, former Senate majority leader, dead at 80

December 17, 2018 12:02 pmDecember 18, 2018 1:41 pm

John H. Dorsey, a former majority leader of the New Jersey State Senate and a powerful Republican legislator for eighteen years, passed away on Sunday. He was 80. Dorsey served in the State Assembly from 1976 to 1978, and in...

MacInnes will give up think tank presidency

August 8, 2018 10:38 am

Former State Sen. Gordon MacInnes announced today that he will leave his post as president of New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) later this year and transition into a new job as a Distinguished Senior Fellow. MacInnes has quadrupled the revenues...

Bucco won’t rule out a 2021 reelection run

May 2, 2018 12:02 amMay 2, 2018 2:34 am

State Sen. Anthony Bucco (R-Boonton) is tired of being asked if he’s going to run for reelection. “I heard that every time I was elected,” Bucco said. “’You gonna run again for council?’ I don’t know, I’ll see what happens...

Rosemarie Totaro, Democratic Assemblywoman from Morris, dies

March 11, 2018 1:17 pmMarch 12, 2018 12:49 am

Rosemarie Totaro, a fiery moderate Democrat and self-described feminist who won two elections for the New Jersey State Assembly in a solidly Republican Morris County district, died on March 7. She was 84. Totaro caused a stir in 1978 when...

The story of Rodney’s long and painful path to Congress

January 4, 2018 12:11 amFebruary 4, 2019 9:15 pm

The most frustrating thing for Rep. Rodney Proctor Frelinghuysen has got to be that he’s reached the pinnacle of his political career, only to face the inconvenience of an election. He’s being tagged as out of touch; that’s something incumbents...