Jim Florio Archives - New Jersey Globe

Darling joining Steinhardt law firm

March 11, 2020 4:59 pmMarch 12, 2020 9:09 am

Morris County Surrogate Heather Darling is joining one of the state’s most prestigious law firms that will help her continue to serve her clients on a day to day basis while she is the county’s full-time probate court judge. She...

Four more N.J. House members endorse Joe Biden

March 11, 2020 7:00 amMarch 11, 2020 3:37 pm

Four more New Jersey House members – Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) and Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) – have endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination. That brings the total number of congressional endorsements 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....

Pallone warchest is $3.1 million

January 31, 2020 8:30 pm

The chairmanship of the powerful House Energy & Commerce Committee has put Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Long Branch) in an extraordinarily strong cash position as he seeks re-election to an 18th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Pallone has...

Most incumbent governors face primary challenges

January 29, 2020 10:48 amJanuary 29, 2020 10:54 am

Gov. Phil Murphy could face a challenge from former Assistant Attorney General Shavar Jeffries in the 2021 Democratic gubernatorial primary, a move that is not unusual in New Jersey. Six of the last ten governors faced primaries in their bids...

Ciattarelli looks to renew a New Jersey tradition: lose once, then win

January 21, 2020 4:14 pm

Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli will formally enter the race for the 2021 Republican nomination for governor at an announcement at his old elementary school in Branchburg this afternoon. This is Ciattarelli’s second gubernatorial bid as the ex-Somerset Count legislator hopes...

Trailblazer: Mayor Kenneth Gibson

January 20, 2020 12:52 amJanuary 20, 2020 9:05 am

Kenneth Gibson (1932-2019) became the first African American 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...