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Happy Birthday, Jim Florio

August 29, 2020 8:16 pmAugust 30, 2020 12:02 am

Happy Birthday to former Gov. Jim Florio, who turned 83 today. Florio has been a fixture in New Jersey politics since 1969, when he won a seat in the New Jersey. He spent fifteen years as a congressman from South...

How Norcross gets replaced in Congress if Biden makes him Secretary of Labor

August 26, 2020 7:42 pmAugust 26, 2020 7:48 pm

An influential labor leader launched a trial balloon by mentioning Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) as a possible candidate for U.S. Secretary of Labor if Joe Biden wins the presidency. The (Bergen) Record reported that United Brotherhood of Carpenters president Douglas...

New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate ran with LBJ in 1964

August 18, 2020 10:22 am

With the passing of Paul Porreca on Friday evening, the longest-living New Jersey congressional candidate is Richard J. Traynor, who ran as a Democrat against Rep. Florence P. Dwyer (R-Elizabeth) in 1964. Now 91 and living in Maine, Traynor is...

Flashback: New Jerseyans on Nixon resignation in 1974

August 9, 2020 8:21 pmAugust 9, 2020 8:26 pm

Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States 46 years ago today, just as the U.S. House of Representatives was about to impeach him for his role in the Watergate scandal: “I have never been a quitter. To...

Republicans leaders press Steinhardt on using GOP chairmanship to promote his gubernatorial ambitions

June 25, 2020 12:01 amJune 25, 2020 11:49 am

The nascent contest for next year’s gubernatorial election heated up just a little on a Tuesday night conference call when Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt was questioned about his use of the state party to advance his possible challenge to...

N.J. voter registration plummets during coronavirus pandemic

June 3, 2020 2:45 pmJune 3, 2020 7:08 pm

COVID-19 is slowing the growth of voter registration in New Jersey. The state’s voter rolls increased by just 2,815 in May, a number that reflects a 522% decrease over May voter registration in 2019 and a 1480% decrease from New...

It’s 8 PM and the polls are supposed to be closing

June 2, 2020 8:00 pmJune 3, 2020 12:01 am

It’s 8 PM and I’m supposed to say that the polls are now closed in New Jersey, even in Cedar Grove. The primary election was supposed to be today, but in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus,...