Jesse Helms Archives - New Jersey Globe

No real coattails for Nixon, Reagan in landslide re-election victories

February 27, 2020 12:01 amFebruary 26, 2020 10:39 pm

Presidential re-election landslides don’t have the kind of coattails people think, although there hasn’t been one since 1972 and comparing seemingly ancient election results like these are admittedly apples and oranges. Richard Nixon carried everywhere but Massachusetts and the District...

Frelinghuysen still has $423k in bank

April 12, 2019 5:43 pm

Former Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen has $423,744 remaining in his campaign warchest, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Frelinghuysen contributed $1,000 to Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce (R-Parsippany), $500 to Morris County freeholder Doug Cabana, and $500 to Denville...

Hugin funded far-right candidates and causes, Menendez camp says

June 15, 2018 8:00 amJune 19, 2018 2:41 pm

Bob Menendez’s campaign is punching back at his GOP opponent, saying that Bob Hugin’s new TV ad is trying to rebrand a longtime supporter of conservative candidates like Donald Trump to appeal to New Jersey’s Independent and Democratic majority. In...