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Following Guarini’s death, Virginia centenarian is America’s oldest-living ex-congressman

June 22, 2026 11:10 am

The death of Frank J. Guarini (D-Jersey City) on Saturday leaves 101-year-old William Whitehurst, a Republican from Virginia, as America’s oldest-living former congressman. Whitehurst, a Republican who represented Virginia’s 2nd district from 1969 to 1987, served in the House with...

Veterans: Two N.J. Congressmen Who Placed Patriotism Above Politics

May 25, 2026 12:10 amMay 24, 2026 4:50 pm

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:40 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their name did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to write in...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Veterans: Two N.J. Congressmen Who Placed Patriotism Above Politics

November 11, 2025 12:03 amNovember 11, 2025 9:42 am

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

Catherine Costa, former N.J. senator, dies at 99

June 27, 2025 7:42 pmJune 29, 2025 9:34 am

Catherine A. Costa, a Democrat who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature in the 1980s and was the first woman to serve on the Burlington County Board of Freeholders, died today. She was 99. The Brooklyn-born lawmaker...

How a Texas primary helped focus unions on Pete Williams

May 2, 2025 5:34 amMay 2, 2025 9:42 am

New Jersey Republicans, as they frequently do, convinced themselves that they could win a U.S. Senate seat in 1970. The two-term Democratic incumbent, Harrison Williams, was facing a challenge from Republican State Chairman Nelson Gross, a former assemblyman from Bergen...