Jon Corzine Archives - Page 21 of 23

How many County Chairman can Murphy deliver in 2020?

March 26, 2018 12:55 amMarch 26, 2018 10:27 pm

Can Phil Murphy do what other New Jersey governors have done: deliver county chairs to his preferred candidate for president in 2020? If Cory Booker decides to seek the Democratic nomination, it’s a moot issue. Booker won’t have to worry...

Melli joins Mercury Public Affairs

March 19, 2018 6:00 amMarch 19, 2018 11:31 am

Mercury Public Affairs has landed veteran communications strategist Juan Melli, the founder of BlueJersey.com and one of the most intellectually advantaged people in New Jersey politics Melli, who will join Mercury as a Vice President, most recently served as communications...

Christie and the Chamber Trip

March 1, 2018 9:55 amMarch 1, 2018 7:15 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s attendance at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce dinner in Washington tonight marks a contrast to eight years ago, when newly-inaugurated Gov. Chris Christie refused to go and banned all members of his administration from attending. Christie...

Seven Democrats challenge Lance

February 2, 2018 2:20 am

There is no clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s seventh district, where seven candidates are competing for the chance to take on five-term Republican Leonard Lance. Linda Weber has secured organization lines in Somerset and...

Harding mayor mulls House bid

February 2, 2018 12:13 am

Next up in the race for Rodney Frelinghuysen’s seat is a Republican who can’t be tagged with any association with Chris Christie: Nicolas Platt, a former Mayor of Harding and a current member of the Township Committee. Sources say that...

The day Frank Pallone took a walk

February 1, 2018 2:14 am

It’s difficult to admit that the 2002 U.S. Senate race was so long ago that many people involved in New Jersey politics today don’t remember it. Bob Torricelli was the Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey and he was dealing...

Poll: NJ voters don’t know Murphy, don’t like Trump

January 30, 2018 8:45 am

Gov. Phil Murphy, who is in his fifteenth day in office, has a 35%-21% approval rating, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released this morning. President Trump has upside-down approvals in New Jersey of 31%-60% — not much different...