Henry Helstoski Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bergen conventions around since 1976

March 23, 2020 8:55 pmMarch 23, 2020 9:09 pm

The Bergen County Republican Organization was one of the first counties in the state to award their organization line based on an open vote of the full county committee in 1976. The convention process was the brainstorm of Cassius Daly,...

Six Bergen Democratic legislators endorse Gottheimer

March 3, 2020 5:00 pmMarch 3, 2020 6:19 pm

Democratic legislators representing two Bergen County districts have endorsed Rep. Josh Gottheimer for re-nomination in the Democratic primary against Glen Rock councilwoman Arati Kreibich. The six Democrats – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck), State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus), Assembly...

In New Jersey, Nixon, Reagan landslides didn’t help GOP candidates

February 27, 2020 12:02 amFebruary 26, 2020 10:50 pm

Ronald Reagan carried New Jersey by 672,307 over Walter Mondale in 1984, 60%-39%, but his landslide win of the state’s sixteen electoral votes didn’t have much of an effect on the races for U.S. Senate and Congress. Democrat Bill Bradley...

Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020 11:22 amFebruary 13, 2020 11:57 am

Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...

East Rutherford mayoral race headed to court

December 13, 2019 1:05 pmDecember 13, 2019 2:00 pm

Republicans have filed a legal challenge to the results of the East Rutherford mayoral election, where Democrat Jeffrey Lahullier was certified as the winner by five votes over GOP candidate Sergio Segalini. The GOP says there is evidence that 25...

Two NJ congressmen who placed patriotism above politics

November 11, 2019 12:01 amNovember 11, 2019 12:16 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...

Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

July 29, 2019 8:02 amJanuary 20, 2020 5:31 pm

Today is the 58th anniversary of the arrest of Freedom Rider Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting to desegregate a blacks-only waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 45...