Kim Guadagno Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trump pardons Gilmore amid wave of clemencies on last day in office

January 20, 2021 2:58 amJanuary 20, 2021 9:25 am

President Donald Trump pardoned former Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore amid a wave of commutations and clemencies in the early morning hours of his last day in office. Gilmore held control over politics in Ocean County for more than...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 18, 2021 12:12 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:14 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Ciattarelli endorsed by Gannon, DeCroce

December 9, 2020 2:40 pmDecember 9, 2020 7:24 pm

Two top Republican officials from Morris County endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for Governor on Wednesday, he first public support from a county that has the fourth-highest number of Republicans in the state. Sheriff James Gannon and Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce announced their...

Ciattarelli scores big endorsements in Hammonton

December 7, 2020 4:39 pm

A group of Hammonton Republican leaders have endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for the Republican nomination for governor, giving him a block of votes in a town that frequently plays a pivotal role in conventions to award the Atlantic County organization line....

Somerset goes big for Ciattarelli

December 1, 2020 3:46 pmDecember 1, 2020 5:27 pm

Somerset County is all in for favorite son Jack Ciattarelli, who picked up endorsements today from 87 Republican officials for his bid to become the GOP nominee for Governor of New Jersey next year. Ciattarelli was endorsed on Tuesday by...

Democratic State Chairman, John Currie, faces a challenge from LeRoy Jones, Jr.

Currie wants Ciattarelli, Steinhardt to acknowledge Trump loss

November 23, 2020 9:37 am

Democratic State Chairman John Currie called on his Republican counterparts to acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in an apparent attempt to hamstring possible gubernatorial candidates. “New Jersey Republicans have spent the past four years in fear...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 7, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 6, 2020 10:51 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...