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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...

The prescience of Bob Torricelli

August 14, 2019 12:50 pmAugust 14, 2019 4:48 pm

A victory speech delivered by Democrat Bob Torricelli on the night of his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 looks extraordinarily prescient nearly 37 years later. “Ours is the first political party to fail to develop a...

After 9 losing races, Pezzullo debt stands at $82k

April 14, 2019 2:25 pm

Richard Pezzullo is carrying a $60,000 debt from challenge to Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch) last year – his 9th unsuccessful bid for public office. Pezzullo still has $56,624 remaining in his campaign account that was unspent from the...