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Princeton club votes to strip Ted Cruz of prestigious award

March 5, 2021 8:11 pmMarch 5, 2021 9:45 pm

A Princeton University group founded 256 years ago by James Madison and Aaron Burr voted on Thursday to rescind an award to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, the Daily Princetonian reported. The group, the American Whig-Clio Society, voted 37-32 to withdraw...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 15, 2021 12:13 amFebruary 14, 2021 7:02 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in 28 years, leaving Democratic county chairs — and in some cases, Democratic County Committee members — to award the organization line in the 2020 New...

Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 18, 2021 12:09 amJanuary 17, 2021 1:51 pm

Kenneth Gibson (1932-2019) became the first Black to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term incumbent Hugh Addonizio in 1970. Gibson had served as an engineer for the New Jersey Highway Department and as the...

Pallone begins 18th term in Congress today

January 3, 2021 11:27 amJanuary 3, 2021 12:46 pm

A primer on Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., who remains one of the most powerful people on Capitol Hill as he begins his 18th term in the U.S. House of Representatives and his third year as the chairman of the House Energy...

Ciattarelli, Steinhardt battle over ties to PAC, lobbying firm

December 28, 2020 8:01 pm

The two contenders for the Republican gubernatorial nomination upped the Scoville scale of the race on Monday in an argument over Doug Steinhardt’s ties to a political action committee that Jack Ciattarelli alleges helped him circumvent state pay-to-pay laws. Ciattarelli’s...

Ciattarelli looks to be 6th person to win NJ gubernatorial primary on second try

December 24, 2020 4:13 pmDecember 24, 2020 4:19 pm

If Jack Ciattarelli wins the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey next year, he will become the sixth person to win the nomination on their second try. Eight others have lost consecutive gubernatorial runs. Of the five, only one...

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...