Robert Meyner Archives - New Jersey Globe

Veterans: Two N.J. Congressmen Who Placed Patriotism Above Politics

May 25, 2026 12:10 amMay 24, 2026 4:50 pm

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

J. Wilson Noden, judge nominated by Meyner 67 years ago, dies at 101

March 27, 2026 1:46 pmMarch 27, 2026 9:32 pm

J. Wilson Noden, a respected former family court judge who was first nominated to the bench by Gov. Robert B. Meyner in 1958 at age 34, died on February 19. He was 101. It’s possible that Noden was the earliest-serving...

New Jerseyans As Presidential Candidates

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:38 pm

Chris Christie’s disastrous 2024 presidential campaign — his one-state strategy failed miserably — keeps Woodrow Wilson’s record intact as the last Garden Stater to win the presidency. Two New Jerseyans ran in 2020: U.S. Senator Cory Booker withdrew on January...

Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:40 pm

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their name did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to write in...

New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 16, 2026 12:00 amFebruary 15, 2026 7:55 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill backed three candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020: first Cory Booker, then Michael Bloomberg, and finally Joe Biden. In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in...

Trailblazer: Justice James J. Coleman

January 19, 2026 12:09 amJanuary 18, 2026 10:26 pm

James H. Coleman, J. (1933-2024), the son of a sharecropper who was forced to attend racially segregated public schools in Virginia, was the first Black to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Coleman joined the New Jersey Department of...

Dick Zimmer, former congressman and U.S. Senate contender, dies at 81

January 1, 2026 11:23 amJanuary 4, 2026 9:53 pm

Richard A. Zimmer, a three-term Republican congressman from Hunterdon County and longtime state legislator who ran a competitive race for U.S. Senate in 1996 and built a career as an advocate of fiscal conservatism, transparency in government, and the safety...