Jim Florio Archives

Paul Sollami, 7-term Mercer County freeholder, dies at 90

July 19, 2021 9:35 amJuly 19, 2021 12:35 pm

Paul J. Sollami, a popular Mercer County political leader who served seven terms as a Mercer County Freeholder and later as a state administrative law judge, died on July 15. He was 90. He was the father of Paula Sollami...

Happy 91st birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2021 10:46 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 96, a former...

Five N.J. governors have avoided re-election primaries and Murphy is one of them

June 6, 2021 10:34 pm

Seeking to become the first Democratic governor to win a second term in 44 years, Gov. Phil is expected to get more than 99% of the primary election vote on Tuesday – with only a handful of write-in votes stopping...

Veterans: 17 New Jersey governors

May 31, 2021 12:02 amMay 31, 2021 11:05 pm

Seventeen of New Jersey’s 56 governors have served in the U.S. military. The last was Jon Corzine, who was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1969 to 1975. The first governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, was a Brigadier...

Poll: Kean is still New Jersey’s favorite former governor

May 18, 2021 11:00 amMay 18, 2021 11:18 am

Republican Thomas Kean remains the most popular of New Jersey’s eight living former governors with favorables of 33%-14%, according to a Monmouth University Poll released on Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy has favorables of 50%-34%, with three of his four immediate...

Monmouth poll will show Christie’s N.J. favorables

May 17, 2021 1:32 pmMay 18, 2021 8:51 am

The Monmouth University Polling Institute will reveal how New Jerseyans view their living former governors, with some special insights on former Gov. Chris Christie and how his home state views his possible bid for the presidency in 2024. The Monmouth...

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...