Jon Corzine Archives

Broad court vacancies remain despite swell of June confirmations

July 2, 2021 5:23 pmJuly 3, 2021 6:03 pm

New Jersey lawmakers were on pace this year to appoint and reappoint more judges to the Superior Court bench than any administration since 1998, according to data from New Jersey’s Judiciary, but an extended break planned by lawmakers through November...

Democratic leaders in both chambers commit to releasing budget resolutions in coming days

June 24, 2021 7:49 pmJune 25, 2021 11:45 am

Top Democrats in both chambers committed to disclosing budget resolutions filed by members seeking spending on pet projects in the coming days. “I think I got full control. I’ll release them tomorrow,” Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) said during...

How early N.J. gubernatorial polls turned out

June 21, 2021 12:17 pmJune 21, 2021 12:37 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s 15-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in today’s Fairleigh Dickinson University poll shows a closer race than he had during his first campaign for governor four years ago. Murphy is ahead, 48%-33%, according to the FDU poll....

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...