Nelson Gross Archives - New Jersey Globe

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:40 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their name did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to write in...

How a Texas primary helped focus unions on Pete Williams

May 2, 2025 5:34 amMay 2, 2025 9:42 am

New Jersey Republicans, as they frequently do, convinced themselves that they could win a U.S. Senate seat in 1970. The two-term Democratic incumbent, Harrison Williams, was facing a challenge from Republican State Chairman Nelson Gross, a former assemblyman from Bergen...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 17, 2025 12:25 amFebruary 17, 2025 9:08 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their name did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to write in...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 19, 2024 12:15 amFebruary 18, 2024 10:38 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey where nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their names did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to wrote in...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 20, 2023 12:15 amFebruary 20, 2023 12:14 am

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey where nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their names did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to wrote in...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 21, 2022 12:16 amFebruary 20, 2022 5:05 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey where nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their names did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to wrote in...

The time N.J. Republicans won the congressional map but lost the election

December 27, 2021 2:07 pm

The clock on congressional redistricting in New Jersey for 1972 began in 1970 when Gov. William Cahill was trying to clear the field for GOP State Chairman Nelson Gross to run for the United States Senate. Republicans thought they could...