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Happy Birthday, Roger Bodman

April 15, 2022 11:13 am

Roger Bodman, who managed the closest gubernatorial race in modern New Jersey history and then became Commissioner of Labor at age 29, is celebrating his 70th birthday today. A fixture in New Jersey politics since the 1970s, Bodman started out...

Happy Birthday, Nicholas Brady

April 10, 2022 12:01 amApril 10, 2022 10:57 pm

Nicholas Brady, New Jersey’s oldest-living former United States Senator, will celebrate his 92nd birthday on Monday. Brady served in the U.S. Senate for nearly nine months in 1982, following the resignation of Democrat Harrison Williams. He also served as U.S....

John Polhemus, two-term Democratic freeholder from Warren County, dies at 81

February 16, 2022 12:02 amFebruary 15, 2022 11:40 pm

John D. Polhemus, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was twice elected as a Democrat to the Warren County Board of Freeholders, died on February 12. He was 81. Raised on his family dairy farm with aspirations of becoming a...

Henry Kuhl, Hunterdon GOP chairman for 37 years, dies at 91

January 30, 2022 4:07 pmJanuary 30, 2022 4:07 pm

Henry Kuhl, a legendary Hunterdon County Republican leader for parts of six decades and an influential figure in state GOP politics, died on January 29. He was 91. “The Kuhl family and the Lance family have known each other for at...

The time N.J. Republicans won the congressional map but lost the election

December 27, 2021 2:07 pm

The clock on congressional redistricting in New Jersey for 1972 began in 1970 when Gov. William Cahill was trying to clear the field for GOP State Chairman Nelson Gross to run for the United States Senate. Republicans thought they could...

Ex-prosecutor seeking GOP nod against Sherrill in NJ-11

September 28, 2021 1:10 pmSeptember 28, 2021 9:50 pm

Paul DeGroot, Passaic County assistant prosecutor, has entered the race for the Republican nomination for Conrgess in New Jersey’s 11th district in a bid to unseat two-term Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair). “I am excited in the opportunity to bring better...

Warren County has produced five nominees for statewide office

December 21, 2020 12:01 amDecember 21, 2020 1:32 pm

Warren may be the third-smallest county in New Jersey, but it has generated an outsized number of statewide candidates. The latest in Doug Steinhardt, a former mayor of Lopatcong who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor. The last governor...