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New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator 34 years ago, but they went in a different direction

January 16, 2023 12:17 amJanuary 16, 2023 12:13 am

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

New Jersey GOP could have had a Black senator 34 years ago, but they went in a different direction

January 17, 2022 12:03 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

Republicans thought they could beat freshman U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. New Jersey had gone Republican in five consecutive presidential elections and Tom Kean was re-elected governor in 1985 with 70% of the vote. The early favorite to run...

Mehta breaks Case record for most votes ever received by a New Jersey Republican

November 17, 2020 12:31 pmNovember 17, 2020 7:18 pm

Republican Rik Mehta has set the record for the most votes ever received by a Republican statewide candidate in New Jersey after he passed Clifford P. Case on Monday. Mehta is currently at 1,745,013 votes statewide, with more ballots still...

Booker sets record for most statewide votes in N.J. history

November 11, 2020 2:11 pmNovember 11, 2020 4:50 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has already set a record for the greatest number of votes ever received by a statewide candidate in New Jersey. Booker has already passed the 2.2 million mark, with another 500,000 votes still uncounted across the...

New Jersey could have its first non-white statewide race

January 31, 2020 11:19 am

If this week’s Union County Republican convention was an accurate indicator of the rest of the state, New Jersey could be headed to a historical first: a statewide election where none of the major party candidates are white. The Union...

Pete Dawkins, once GOP dream candidate, gets married

July 14, 2019 8:17 pmOctober 24, 2019 3:09 pm

Gen. Pete Dawkins, the 1988 Republican candidate for United States Senate against Frank Lautenberg, was married on Tuesday to Mary Martin Ourisman, the U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean under President George W. Bush. This is the second...

Paul Begala raising money for Andy Kim

March 28, 2019 10:54 am

Rep. Andy Kim (D-Marlton) is receiving a fundraising boost from New Jersey native Paul Begala. “I’ve seen my share of elections. And with each cycle, dark money’s dominance has overpowered the voice of everyday Americans more and more. It makes...