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Van Drew, once an opponent of gay marriage in N.J. legislature, votes for it on House floor

July 20, 2022 1:07 pmSeptember 30, 2022 10:49 am

When a bill legalizing gay marriage came to the floor of the New Jersey State Senate in 2012, Jeff Van Drew – then a Democratic state senator – decided to break with the Democratic caucus and vote no. “I sincerely...

Veterans: 17 New Jersey governors

May 30, 2022 12:01 amMay 30, 2022 11:09 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...

In 7th bid for public office, Bacon will take on Malinowski in Democratic primary

April 4, 2022 12:01 amApril 4, 2022 12:22 am

Roger Bacon, a self-styled Trump Democrat and 73-year-old perennial candidate from Phillipsburg, will challenge Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) in the Democratic primary. Bacon filed with 333 signatures, 133 more than he needs to qualify for the ballot. His slogan: “Putting...

How New Jersey’s senators have voted on U.S Supreme Court nominations

February 25, 2022 1:39 pm

New Jersey’s two United States Senators, Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, may get a chance to vote on the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This will be the seventh top court...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 21, 2022 12:20 amFebruary 19, 2022 4:26 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...

Is Murphy really New Jersey’s 56th governor? We have no color on that

February 7, 2022 12:34 amFebruary 7, 2022 2:06 am

If the State Senate confirms Matt Platkin as the Attorney General of New Jersey, he’ll either be the 62nd person to hold the post — or the 56th. That depends on who is right, Gov. Phil Murphy or the New...

Ciattarelli was unable to topple Middlesex’s Blue Wall

November 22, 2021 8:50 pmNovember 22, 2021 10:16 pm

There was no real path to Jack Ciattarelli winning the 2021 New Jersey governor’s race without flipping Middlesex County, a mostly-suburban, heavily blue-collar Democratic stronghold in Central Jersey that Republican Chris Christie won by 4,774 votes when he ousted Gov....