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Biden 1972 consultant worked on Dick Coffee for governor campaign in 1973

February 15, 2021 12:18 amFebruary 14, 2021 7:36 pm

The first link between Joe Biden and New Jersey politics came a few months after he won a seat in the United States Senate. Biden was just 29 when he unseated incumbent J. Caleb Boggs, a two-term Republican Senator who...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 15, 2021 12:13 amFebruary 14, 2021 7:02 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...

Menendez statement on Biden nominations

November 23, 2020 1:00 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden nominated Antony Blinken as Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Avril...

Biden names Nabila Baptiste as N.J. state director

September 10, 2020 3:30 pmSeptember 10, 2020 5:15 pm

A member of Gov. Phil Murphy’s political team will serve as state director of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in New Jersey. Nabila Baptiste will take a leave from her post as deputy executive director of the Democratic State Committee to...

Clark will lead veterans effort for Gottheimer re-election

September 4, 2020 9:05 am

Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark will take on an active role in Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s re-election campaign, serving as honorary chairman of Veterans for Josh. Gottheimer served as deputy communications director and speechwriter for Clark’s 2004 campaign for the...

Ex-Murphy aide now working at Amazon

August 9, 2020 4:06 pm

Kathleen Frangione, who stepped down as Gov. Phil Murphy’ chief policy advisor in May, has landed at Amazon. She is working on environmental policy for online retail giant, according to her LinkedIn page. Amazon announced in June that they had...

Trump toys with New Jersey, says he may contest state

January 28, 2020 9:03 pmJanuary 29, 2020 8:50 am

President Donald Trump hinted tonight that he might seek New Jersey’s fourteen electoral votes, even though a Republican presidential candidate hasn’t carried the state since 1988. “I think we’ll play for this state,” Trump said at a rally tonight in...