Michael Murphy Archives - New Jersey Globe

The Twelve Days of Torricelli

August 13, 2019 1:44 amAugust 13, 2019 1:43 am

Woodbridge Mayor James E. McGreevey had emerged as the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. McGreevey came within 25,426 votes of ousting Whitman in 1997 and never stopped campaigning. On July 20, 2000, U.S. Senator Bob Torricelli began seeking support...

John Dorsey, former Senate majority leader, dead at 80

December 17, 2018 12:02 pmDecember 18, 2018 1:41 pm

John H. Dorsey, a former majority leader of the New Jersey State Senate and a powerful Republican legislator for eighteen years, passed away on Sunday. He was 80. Dorsey served in the State Assembly from 1976 to 1978, and in...

Murphy moves to Dad’s old office

January 9, 2018 5:33 pm

After they met in the U.S. Attorneys in the late 1930’s, Richard Hughes and Thorn Lorn became close friends, political allies and law partner. Their law offices, Lord and Hughes, were at 222 West State Street, the old Roebling Mansion,...