Jim Courter Archives - New Jersey Globe

78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020 3:16 pmMay 14, 2020 10:25 am

In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...

Former congressmen still holding on to warchests

February 20, 2020 12:48 pmFebruary 20, 2020 1:39 pm

Six former congressmen from New Jersey have a combined warchest of nearly $900,000, according to reports filed with the federal election commission. And Frank Lautenberg, who has been dead for nearly seven years, has $89,803 remaining in his campaign account....

Timothy Ryan, ex-councilman who challenged Saxton, dies at 68

August 9, 2019 10:31 amAugust 9, 2019 6:51 pm

Timothy E. Ryan, a charismatic funeral director who served as a Seaside Park Councilman and sought higher office five times, including the U.S. House of Representatives, died on August 6. He was 68. Ryan fought a 11-year battle with cancer....

Lorraine Harding, aide to Maraziti, Courter, dies at 90

August 1, 2019 10:37 amAugust 1, 2019 3:02 pm

Lorraine Harding, who served on the staffs of two Republican congressmen and became a breeder of Arabian horses, died on July 25. She was 90. Harding became an aide to Rep. Joseph Maraziti (R-Boonton) in 1973 and ran the congressman’s...

Gottheimer endorsed by four Democratic county chairs

July 29, 2019 8:01 amJuly 29, 2019 12:31 am

All four Democratic county chairs in New Jersey’s 5th district today endorsed Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) for re-election to a third term in Congress, including Democratic State Chairman John Currie. Gottheimer is facing a challenge from the left in next...

The last NJ First Lady to run for Congress

February 6, 2019 1:07 amFebruary 6, 2019 1:50 am

If Mary Pat Christie runs for Congress, she wouldn’t be the first former First Lady of New Jersey to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1974, Helen Stevenson Meyner defeated freshman Rep. Joseph Maraziti (R-Boonton) in what was...

Van Drew gets Forsythe’s old office

November 30, 2018 10:35 pmNovember 30, 2018 10:48 pm

Rep.-elect Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) has been assigned an office that New Jersey’s Edwin B. Forsythe occupied in the 1970’s. Van Drew will be in Room 331 of the Cannon House Office Building. Forsythe, the bow-tie wearing former New Jersey...