Nicolas Platt Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy names Glatt and Platt as Shared Services Czars

May 4, 2018 11:54 amMay 4, 2018 7:25 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has named a pair of former mayors –Democrat Jordan Glatt of Summit and Republican Nicolas Platt of Harding – to serve as New Jersey’s hared Services Czars. Murphy is pushing to reduce property taxes by encouraging municipalities...

Platt declines run for Congress

March 31, 2018 10:23 amApril 2, 2018 12:16 am

Former Harding mayor Nicolas Platt has announced that he will not seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district. The incumbent, Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen, announced in late January that he would not seek re-election to a 13th...

Self-funder considers late-entry for Frelinghuysen seat

March 28, 2018 5:41 pmMarch 29, 2018 2:26 pm

A fundraiser for Chris Christie’s presidential campaign is mulling a last-minute bid for the 11th district congressional seat. Sources say that Mendham businessman Peter DeNeufville, is seeking support for the seat Republican Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen will vacate at the end...

Lonegan blames Hollywood for gun violence

March 26, 2018 12:12 pmMarch 27, 2018 9:45 am

Republican congressional candidate Steve Lonegan blames gun violence on the Hollywood entertainment industry, saying that “the Left” has been using recent school shootings to raise money and promote their anti-gun agenda. “They have demonized groups like the NRA, even though...

NRA board member to speak at Morris GOP event

March 19, 2018 1:13 pmMarch 19, 2018 9:17 pm

Morris County Republicans are doubling down on making the 2018 election a referendum on guns. Scott Bach, the executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs and the only National Rifle Association (NRA) board member from...

In the 11th, an entirely new race

February 21, 2018 1:43 pm

The race for Rodney Frelinghuysen’s House seat took an incredible turn today with the surprise entrance of a black Republican hedge fund manager and Army Reserve JAG officer who is running as a political outsider with the endorsements of the...

Bucco endorses Webber

February 20, 2018 6:40 pm

Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district and has endorsed Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) for the seat. “I’m confident that Jay can and will run the kind...