Michael Pappas Archives - New Jersey Globe

78% of successful House challengers were political unknowns

May 11, 2020 3:16 pmMay 14, 2020 10:25 am

In a race for Congress, New Jerseyans are historically more likely to vote for someone they had never really heard of against an incumbent Member of Congress than they are to go with someone who has been winning elections for...

Green Party nominates Madelyn Hoffman for U.S. Senate

May 2, 2020 5:57 pmMay 3, 2020 7:39 pm

The Green Party of New Jersey has picked Madelyn Hoffman, a longtime environmental and social justice activist, as their candidate for U.S. Senate at their annual convention held remotely on Zoom on Saturday. Hoffman, who was unopposed, becomes the candidate...

Linnus misled Judiciary Committee during confirmation, senator says

March 24, 2020 3:50 pmMarch 24, 2020 3:54 pm

The New Jersey State Senate was not told that Francis P. Linnus was involved in a dispute with the state over taking health benefits he wasn’t legally entitled to when they voted to approve his nomination to the Somerset County...

Green Party registration in N.J. has tripled since Trump took office

March 2, 2020 10:04 am

The number of New Jerseyans registered to vote as members of the Green Party has tripled since Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016. The state now has 10,930 registered voters, up from 3,068 in Election Day 2016, according...

Former congressmen still holding on to warchests

February 20, 2020 12:48 pmFebruary 20, 2020 1:39 pm

Six former congressmen from New Jersey have a combined warchest of nearly $900,000, according to reports filed with the federal election commission. And Frank Lautenberg, who has been dead for nearly seven years, has $89,803 remaining in his campaign account....

Ex-congressman named Bridgewater township administrator

December 2, 2019 1:44 pmDecember 3, 2019 12:06 am

Former Rep. Michael Pappas will be the new Bridgewater Township Administrator, Mayor-elect Matthew Moench announced today. Pappas served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 1999. He lost his bid for re-election to Democrat Rush Holt (D-Hopewell). The...

Provenzano won’t seek re-election as Somerset Sheriff

January 18, 2019 4:10 pmJanuary 19, 2019 12:00 am

Somerset County Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano will not seek re-election to a 7th term, setting up a fight for an open seat in one of New Jersey’s most politically competitive counties. Provenzano has endorsed North Plainfield police chief Bill Parenti...