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Two October polls, four years apart

October 5, 2018 3:53 pmOctober 5, 2018 5:20 pm

Two New Jersey U.S. Senate polls conducted four years apart in entirely different national political climates are remarkably similar. An October 3, 2018 Quinnipiac University poll has Democrat Bob Menendez leading Republican Bob Hugin among likely voters by a 53%-42%...

Hugin is where other Republicans hopefuls were

August 22, 2018 12:29 pmAugust 24, 2018 1:01 am

Bob Menendez and Bob Hugin are locked in a close race for New Jersey’s United States Senate seat — 43%-37%, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. But Hugin, a self-funding pharmaceutical company CEO who has already spent an...

The Life and Times of Jeff Bell

February 12, 2018 2:26 amOctober 10, 2018 2:07 pm

Jeff Bell’s upset victory over four-term U.S. Senator Clifford Case in the 1978 Republican primary was one of the great political campaigns in New Jersey history. Bell was a 35-year-old speechwriter for Ronald Reagan’s 1976 presidential campaign, and Case became...

Jeff Bell dies at 74

February 11, 2018 7:17 pm

Conservative icon Jeff Bell, a former Ronald Reagan speechwriter who toppled a four-term United States Senator in a Republican primary, died last night. He was 74. In 1978, Bell mounted a primary challenge against Clifford Case, a liberal Republican who...

Grenier pays for poking the bear

January 4, 2018 12:09 amDecember 12, 2021 1:33 pm

There is already speculation that Salem County Republicans will seek new leadership after a disastrous 2017 for their chairman, Fran Grenier. Grenier won just 41% against Senate President Steve Sweeney in an $18.7 million contest that may be the most...