Jim Courter Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

New Jersey’s longest-living congressional candidate ran with LBJ in 1964

August 18, 2020 10:22 am

With the passing of Paul Porreca on Friday evening, the longest-living New Jersey congressional candidate is Richard J. Traynor, who ran as a Democrat against Rep. Florence P. Dwyer (R-Elizabeth) in 1964. Now 91 and living in Maine, Traynor is...

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...