Rob Andrews Archives

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:50 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Grassley can look to Lautenberg as he ponders bid for 8th U.S. Senate term

June 22, 2021 11:04 am

Almost two-thirds of voters in Iowa say it’s time for a new person to hold the United States Senate seat occupied by Chuck Grassley for more than 40 years, according to a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released over...

Justice Solomon appears before Judiciary Committee today in bid for tenured seat on top court

May 13, 2021 10:55 am

New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Lee Solomon will appear before the New Jersey State Judiciary Committee on Thursday as he seeks to obtain a tenured seat on the state’s top court. If Solomon is confirmed by the Senate – there...

How New Jersey almost had two U.S. Attorneys following close 2001 vote

April 25, 2021 7:51 pm

As New Jersey prepares for a new U.S. Attorney and the filling of U.S. District Court Judge vacancies, there has been no talk of renewing a 20-year-old plan to break up the 21-county District of New Jersey and give South...

Kornacki: No other state has New Jersey’s politics

December 1, 2020 8:31 pm

Take it from Steve Kornacki: New Jersey’s politics are unique. In a virtual conversation with Rowan University’s Ben Dworkin, the NBC and MSNBC national political correspondent said the Garden State’s political landscape dwarfed even those of similarly old states. “I...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 7, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:24 am

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Christie Court

June 7, 2020 10:12 pmJune 7, 2020 11:23 pm

The ninth governor of New Jersey to serve under the 1947 State Constitution was Republican Chris Christie, who became the first in history to refuse the reappointment of a sitting justice – he did it twice – and the first...