Rick Shaftan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Temporary Supreme Court Justice who was deciding vote on cop killer release got to the bench as part of an old-fashioned political deal

May 16, 2022 12:40 amMay 16, 2022 5:12 pm

When the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the release of a notorious cop killer last week, the deciding vote was cast by Jose L. Fuentes, a onetime Hudson County political insider with ambitions for high public office, who is on...

After his own primary, Cawthorn will raise money for Rizzo

May 9, 2022 10:58 am

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-North Carolina) will headline a fundraiser for Phil Rizzo’s campaign for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 7th district on May 26. The fundraiser at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster comes nine days...

Shaftan poll gives Trump big lead in Iowa, with Christie at zero

November 16, 2021 12:23 pm

A poll conducted by Neighborhood Research, a firm owned by GOP political consultant and New Jersey veteran Rick Shaftan – puts former President Donald Trump with a 56%-12% lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the first choice among likely...

Murphy punches back when Christie slams him on Twitter

March 2, 2020 6:28 pmMarch 2, 2020 10:05 pm

Chris Christie left office with upside-down favorables of 13%-68%, perhaps the least popular New Jersey governor since William Franklin backed King George against the American Revolution. The idea that most New Jerseyans don’t like him hasn’t stopped the former governor...

Gerald Shaftan, father of conservative political consultant, dies at 93

October 14, 2019 11:42 am

Dr. Gerald Shaftan, the father of political consultant Rick Shaftan, passed away on October 10. He was 93. Shaftan was a surgeon who set up the first trauma center in the United States. His son, who works for conservative candidates,...

Grossman invokes Trump in NJ Transit attack

August 21, 2018 1:37 pmAugust 22, 2018 12:43 am

Seth Grossman launched an attack at State Sen Jeff VanDrew using over the temporary closure of New Jersey Transit’s beleaguered Atlantic City line on Monday, invoking decades-old criticism of the line given by President Donald Trump. “Donald Trump noticed one...

The one where Shaftan cost Whitman a landslide

January 4, 2018 11:24 am

The potential candidacy of Richard Pezzullo for the U.S. Senate reminds me of an important lesson for first-term Governors: pay attention to the base. During Gov. Christine Todd Whitman’s first term, she explored creating a bigger tent for Republicans. That’s...