Michael Dukakis Archives - New Jersey Globe

LBJ, Nixon swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 16, 2026 12:13 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:29 pm

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

Rodino was on short list of Carter running mates in ’76

December 29, 2024 4:49 pm

When Jimmy Carter picked Walter Mondale as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1976, a New Jersey congressman was also a finalist. After Carter clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, campaign manager Hamilton Jordan began to develop a list of potential...

LBJ, Nixon swept all 21 New Jersey counties

February 19, 2024 12:12 amFebruary 16, 2025 4:02 pm

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties....

DNC launches ad boosting Biden’s handling of pandemic in NJ markets

June 30, 2021 6:00 amJune 29, 2021 5:10 pm

The Democratic National Committee launched a new ad boosting President Joe Biden’s handling of the pandemic on New Jersey airwaves Wednesday. The 60-second spot begins with shots of an empty classroom, stadium and storefront before showing people congregating at stadiums...

Before Carter picked Mondale, Rodino was on the short list

April 19, 2021 10:09 pm

When Jimmy Carter picked Walter Mondale as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1976, a New Jersey congressman was also a finalist. After Carter clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, campaign manager Hamilton Jordan began to develop a list of potential...

Biden opens up 16-point lead over Trump in New Jersey, Monmouth poll says

April 23, 2020 10:00 amApril 23, 2020 10:42 am

Joe Biden has a sixteen-point lead over Donald Trump in New Jersey, according to a Monmouth University Poll released this morning, but the race is a dead heat in the state’s battleground congressional districts. Biden leads Trump by a 54%-38%...

Rodino was on short list of Carter running mates

March 29, 2020 6:40 pm

After Jimmy Carter clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976, campaign manager Hamilton Jordan began to develop a list of potential running mates. Jordan started by setting up a rating system for all Democratic U.S. Senators and Governors, as well...