Jeff Bell Archives

Here’s why some Republicans are starting to take Phil Rizzo seriously

April 8, 2021 2:13 amApril 12, 2021 9:33 pm

Phil Rizzo, a former real estate developer who is now the pastor of a small Baptist church in Hudson County, is mounting a come-out-of-nowhere campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Rizzo is suddenly being taken seriously, and while that certainly...

Trailblazer: U.S. Senator Cory Booker

January 18, 2021 12:06 amJanuary 16, 2021 11:02 pm

Cory Booker, is the first Black to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020 Democratic nomination...

Al Angrisani, former Reagan administration official, dies at 70

May 2, 2020 4:45 pm

Albert Angrisani, who played a key role in Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign in New Jersey and then served as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, died on April 23. He was 70. Angrisani began his political career in 1976 as...

Is Ocean County a hotbed of misogyny? Look at the numbers.

March 7, 2020 12:03 pmMarch 8, 2020 4:15 pm

A vote by Ocean County Republicans to pick a man over a woman in the race for Congress this week is consistent with a track record of not running women for office over the last 100 years. The chain might...

Menendez, not up until 2024, raised $492k in 2019

February 1, 2020 5:50 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, who is not on the ballot again until 2024, raised $492,099 in 2019 and has $397,268 cash-on-hand. Menendez took in $192,811 in the 4th quarter of last year. A political action committee affiliated with the senator,...

Union County vote is first in GOP U.S. Senate race

January 29, 2020 5:48 pmJanuary 29, 2020 5:50 pm

Union County will be the first GOP organization to take sides in the race for U.S. Senate when they hold their convention this evening. Republicans have lost the last sixteen races for U.S. Senate in New Jersey and haven’t won...

Trailblazer: Cory Booker

January 20, 2020 12:50 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:49 am

Cory Booker, 49, is the first African American to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020...