Jim Florio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Pallone sits on $2.9 million warchest

October 15, 2019 8:45 pm

House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch) has raised $1,432,501 during the first nine months of the year and has $2,947,893 in his campaign warchest. Pallone reported rising $536,445 during the 3rd quarter. He is also...

William J. Hamilton, former Assembly Speaker, dies at 86

October 12, 2019 4:28 pmOctober 13, 2019 3:11 pm

Former Assembly Speaker William J. Hamilton, Jr., a skilled legislator with a reputation for integrity and independence, died on Thursday. He was 86. A product of John A. Lynch, Sr.’s New Brunswick political organization, Hamilton served six years in the...

Darcy Draeger is a real farmer, but Bucco attacks her anyway

October 4, 2019 2:02 amOctober 4, 2019 3:41 pm

After giving up her Wall Street career, Democratic Assembly candidate Darcy Draeger is a full-time farmer. Draeger’s small farm in rural Chester Township has 24 sheep, 15 chickens – down from 19 after an unfortunate incident with a raccoon –...

Bradley vs. Gore in NJ: what the polls said

September 19, 2019 12:59 amSeptember 19, 2019 10:06 am

When Bill Bradley ran for president in 2000, some of the New Jersey Democratic establishment supported Al Gore — most remained neutral — but among rank-and-file home state Democratic primary voters, Bradley had the lead. In a September 1999 Quinnipiac...

NJ Transit boss shaves thousands off his property tax bill as a sheep farmer

September 16, 2019 12:01 amSeptember 15, 2019 11:33 pm

The Murphy administration official who runs New Jersey Transit receives a huge break on his property taxes because he raises sheep at his Mendham Township home. Kevin Corbett, who earns $281,000-a-year as president and CEO of the state’s beleaguered transit...

Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 2, 2019 1:04 amSeptember 1, 2019 11:58 pm

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 2, 2019 1:01 amSeptember 2, 2019 1:51 am

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...