John Adler Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sherrill taps Mary Cruz, top Norcross aide, for cabinet post

February 25, 2026 12:00 pmFebruary 25, 2026 3:01 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill will nominate Mary Campbell Cruz, a longtime Democratic operative and the chief of staff to Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden), to serve in her cabinet as chair and CEO of the Civil Service Commission. Cruz served as the...

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

September 1, 2025 12:09 amAugust 31, 2025 5:36 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...

Ciattarelli will tap Paulsen as GOP state chairman

June 1, 2025 1:46 pmJune 1, 2025 7:09 pm

Jack Ciattarelli has picked former Burlington County Republican Chairman Glenn Paulsen, a member of his inner circle for nearly a decade, to serve as State GOP Chairman if he wins the Republican primary, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Paulsen...

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

September 2, 2024 12:08 amSeptember 1, 2024 8:36 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...

Lee Laskin, GOP senator from Camden County, dies at 87

April 19, 2024 11:38 amApril 21, 2024 8:00 pm

Lee B. Laskin, a Republican state senator from Camden County who cast the deciding vote to give tenure to Chief Justice Robert Wilentz in 1986 and then lost his seat in a GOP wave election when South Jersey Democratic powerhouse...

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

September 4, 2023 12:08 amSeptember 3, 2023 5:09 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: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 5, 2022 12:09 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:40 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...