Pete Buttigieg Archives - New Jersey Globe

Shapiro, Buttigieg coming to N.J. to help Sherrill

October 21, 2025 5:04 amOctober 20, 2025 9:55 pm

Big name Democrats are continuing to flock to New Jersey to boost Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s bid for governor, with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg headed to the state this month. Both will headline...

N.J. House delegation demands federal investigation into repeated Amtrak issues

June 25, 2024 4:09 pm

After a hellish week of delays for NJ Transit commuters caused by issues with Amtrak wires and signals, New Jersey’s entire House delegation sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg asking for a federal investigation to...

Where do N.J.’s members of Congress stand on the 2024 presidential race?

August 4, 2023 12:01 amAugust 3, 2023 10:13 pm

With the first Republican presidential debate only a few weeks away, the 2024 presidential campaign season is upon us, like it or not. So far, of New Jersey’s three Republican members of Congress, only one has made an endorsement in...

Murphy, Buttigieg, N.J. electeds break ground on Portal North Bridge

August 1, 2022 2:16 pmAugust 1, 2022 2:49 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and a horde of New Jersey’s federal, state, and union officials broke ground on the Portal North Bridge in Kearny this morning, formally beginning work on the Gateway Program that has...

Malinowski asks Buttigieg about Gateway Program during House hearing

July 20, 2022 2:20 pmJuly 20, 2022 2:25 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) spoke with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the proposed Gateway Program today at a hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The project, the successor to the ARC Tunnel killed by Gov. Chris Christie...

Buttigieg will join Sherrill, Kim in N.J. appearances this week

May 25, 2022 12:08 pmMay 25, 2022 3:11 pm

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will be in New Jersey this week to talk about the Biden administration’s plans to expand supply chain infrastructure and job creation six months after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into...

What might a first-in-the-nation New Jersey presidential primary look like?

March 16, 2022 5:15 pm

The year is 2024. Ron DeSantis orders a “breakfast sandwich with pork roll” in Mahwah, and his poll numbers in North Jersey immediately drop by 10 points. The driver of Nikki Haley’s campaign bus gets in a screaming match with...