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New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 15, 2021 12:13 amFebruary 19, 2022 4:24 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: Judge Anne Thompson

January 18, 2021 12:10 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:13 pm

Anne E. Thompson is the first Black to serve as a federal district court judge from New Jersey. She was nominated to the bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Thompson served as a public defender and Lawrence Township municipal...

Bob Davis, longtime GOP leader and NJ-11 congressional candidate, dies at 85

August 14, 2020 10:22 amAugust 15, 2020 6:01 pm

Robert A. Davis, the Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district, died on August 10. He was 85. A longtime conservative activist, Davis among the early organizers of Ronald Reagan’s 1976 presidential campaign in New Jersey against the...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Byrne Court

June 7, 2020 10:03 pmJune 7, 2020 10:57 pm

Gov. Brendan Byrne’s first opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice came in early 1975 when Associate Justice Nathan Jacobs turned 70. He asked former Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub to vet candidates for the post. His pick was Sidney Schreiber,...

Rodino was on short list of Carter running mates

March 29, 2020 6:40 pm

After Jimmy Carter clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976, campaign manager Hamilton Jordan began to develop a list of potential running mates. Jordan started by setting up a rating system for all Democratic U.S. Senators and Governors, as well...

LBJ, Nixon, Reagan swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 17, 2020 12:11 amFebruary 16, 2020 6:53 pm

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

Novick seeks support for Sanders in Hunterdon

February 6, 2020 4:06 pmFebruary 6, 2020 7:25 pm

Former Hunterdon County Democratic Chairman Joey Novick is whipping votes for Bernie Sanders at the first-in-the-state convention to award an organization line for the June 5 New Jersey primary. Novick served two terms as county chairman and spent fifteen years...