Leonard Coleman Archives - New Jersey Globe

New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator in 1988, but they went in a different direction

January 19, 2026 12:24 amJanuary 19, 2026 12:52 pm

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator in 1988, but they went in a different direction

January 20, 2025 12:37 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:41 pm

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator 36 years ago, but they went in a different direction

January 15, 2024 4:17 pmJanuary 19, 2025 9:39 pm

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator 34 years ago, but they went in a different direction

January 16, 2023 12:17 amJanuary 16, 2023 12:13 am

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator 34 years ago, but they went in a different direction

January 17, 2022 12:03 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

New Jersey could have its first non-white statewide race

January 31, 2020 11:19 am

If this week’s Union County Republican convention was an accurate indicator of the rest of the state, New Jersey could be headed to a historical first: a statewide election where none of the major party candidates are white. The Union...

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...