Lawrence Bathgate 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...

Pete Dawkins, once GOP dream candidate, gets married

July 14, 2019 8:17 pmOctober 24, 2019 3:09 pm

Gen. Pete Dawkins, the 1988 Republican candidate for United States Senate against Frank Lautenberg, was married on Tuesday to Mary Martin Ourisman, the U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean under President George W. Bush. This is the second...