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Monmouth will wait for Hugin

January 29, 2018 10:02 am

Monmouth County Republicans won’t vote to endorse a U.S. Senate candidate at the convention on Saturday — postponing their vote to accommodate the announcement schedule of pharmaceutical millionaire Bob Hugin. Hugin has not yet announced his candidacy, but party leaders...

The Clarke Bruno Story

January 19, 2018 6:26 pm

This is just a random educational moment, don’t read anything into it – at least not that much: the last time the Democratic majority in the New Jersey Senate killed a cabinet nomination of a Democratic Governor was in February...

Welle hires operative with a pedigree

January 19, 2018 11:55 am

Democratic congressional candidate Josh Welle has brought on an experienced political operative with strong New Jersey connections to manage his campaign against 19-term incumbent Chris Smith. Michael Bland comes with an impressive resume that includes working for the Obama re-election...

Whitman skips Murphy Inaugural

January 16, 2018 2:19 pm

There’s probably nothing to read into this other than a quick mention: Christine Todd Whitman was the only one of the state’s seven living former Governors not in attendance at Phil Murphy’s inauguration. Tom Kean, Jim Florio, Donald DiFrancesco, Jim...

Middlesex back with statewide power

January 10, 2018 10:18 am

Middlesex County Democrats haven’t been this powerful since the John Lynch Era ended almost fifteen years ago. They have an Assembly Speaker, Craig Coughlin. Middlesex is dominant in six legislative districts. Four Democratic State Senators all chair Senate committees. Three...

Final polls for recent NJ Govs

January 9, 2018 9:07 am

Jon Corzine, defeated for a second term by Chris Christie in the 2009 gubernatorial election, left office with a 34%-56% job approval rating in a January 2010 Quinnipiac University poll. Nearly six in ten New Jerseyans viewed Corzine’s term as...

Grenier pays for poking the bear

January 4, 2018 12:09 amDecember 12, 2021 1:33 pm

There is already speculation that Salem County Republicans will seek new leadership after a disastrous 2017 for their chairman, Fran Grenier. Grenier won just 41% against Senate President Steve Sweeney in an $18.7 million contest that may be the most...