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New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 15, 2021 12:13 amFebruary 14, 2021 7:02 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in 28 years, leaving Democratic county chairs — and in some cases, Democratic County Committee members — to award the organization line in the 2020 New...

Trailblazer: Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

January 18, 2021 12:16 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:14 pm

Bonnie Watson Coleman, is the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first African American to serve as New Jersey Democratic State Chair. Watson Coleman comes from a powerful political family. Her...

New Jersey tends to elect a new governor in the year a new president takes office

December 9, 2020 1:04 pmDecember 9, 2020 7:25 pm

Newly elected presidents are almost always followed by new governors of New Jersey. Since 1953, ten new presidents saw New Jersey elect a new governor in their inauguration year, and the president saw a governor of the opposite political party...

Cardinal Tobin refuses to take questions on Reproductive Freedom Act

October 8, 2020 12:35 pmOctober 8, 2020 11:23 pm

New Jersey’s highest-ranking Catholic leader refused to take questions on a bill backed by Gov. Phil Murphy and some top Senate Democrats that would install protections for abortion procedures in a bid to preempt the possibility of the U.S. Supreme...

He was governor of N.J. for 84 hours, and now he’s in line for a town administrator job

September 5, 2020 10:31 amSeptember 8, 2020 10:19 pm

John O. Bennett III, a former Co-President of the New Jersey State Senate and the Acting Governor of New Jersey for 84 hours in 2002, is up for a new job as the interim town administrator in Dover. The appointment...

Supreme Court will announce ruling on Murphy borrowing plan Wednesday

August 11, 2020 5:41 pmAugust 12, 2020 9:05 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court will release their opinion in a challenge to Gov. Phil Murphy’s $10 billion borrowing plan mounted by Republicans at noon tomorrow, a spokesperson for the top court says. The court heard oral arguments on August...

GOP heads to Supreme Court to block Murphy borrowing plan

August 5, 2020 9:20 amAugust 5, 2020 9:43 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear a Republican challenge to the constitutionality Gov. Phil Murphy’ plan to borrow up to $10 billion this morning. Murphy, with the consent of the Democratic-controlled legislature, consented to the borrowing plan as a...